Things I’d Like to Say to People Who Infuriate Me During the Workday
8 Hours in the Life of a Magazine Editor
Someone told me you could write. I assumed they meant English.
Yes, the feature on your child will run in May. Yes, I realize it was supposed to run in February. Get off my back or it won’t run at all. Better yet, buy 25 pages of ads and I’ll run it twice.
Features submitted without a byline will be attributed to my cat.
I love our annual Best Of issue! It brings out the best of the worst in me as I fill page after page with advertiser profiles that should be headlined “Sponsored Content” and makes me look like a hack. We should do it twice a year!
Repeat after me: Write sober, edit sober. I don’t care what Ernie said.
I see, based upon the frequency with which you use the word “see,” that you don’t see the value of using a thesaurus. Therefore, I don’t see myself running this drek and can’t see my way to paying you a kill fee for something we can both see sucks.
You’ve had the assignment since January, and now you tell me you can’t take the photos? I hope you can draw.