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Back in one of my previous jobs I was walking past the boardroom when I discovered a large pile of toy samples placed in front of the boardroom door. I amused myself for a few minutes playing with each of them in turn. Then I stood up and discovered three things.
1) The boardroom door which had previous contained smoked glass panels had been recently refitted with completely transparent glass.
2) The a group of reasonably important American VP's were visiting that day and happened to be in a meeting in the boardroom.
3) Every single person in the boardroom was staring at me.
I exited stage anywhere with remarkable rapidity, but my embarrasment was second only to the time I hid behind the door to the office with the intention of jumping out and yelling "Boo!" at a colleague only to discover that I'd just jumped out and yelled "Boo!" at our MD. I consider myself fortunate that the poor man didn't have a heart attack.
Somedays I'm amazed I still have a job...
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So what did you do THIS time which prompted a wander down Memory Lane - or should I say Embarrassment Alley?
Oh! Oh! Let us guess!
Perhaps a bucket of confetti, propped atop a door left slightly ajar, which spilled its contents in messy fashion NOT onto the head of a nearby co-worker --as intended -- but instead over the head of the night janitor who had just come in a bit early to share some nice home-made biscuits with the nice daytime employees?
Not job-threatening, but just try getting your wastepaper basket emptied from now on.
what on earth caused yyou to think back to these events at Disney? I'm curious of the mental steps you''ve taken to put this thought to 'paper' after so long... spill!
I'm afraid my rational for writing was nothing more complex than desperation. I was going to give my thoughts on the lastest misfortunes to befall Disney's animation department, but that turned into something of an analysis that I haven't finished yet (watch this space). So instead I put mind to coming up with something fluffier instead, and since I'd just been giving thought to Disney... although I'm not sure why out of all the Disney anecdotes I could relate that one sprung to mind. Acute embarrasment has a way of sticking in one's memory I suppose.
Btw Adam - the janitor had it coming!
The latest misfortunes to befall Disney's animation department - are we talking 'Teacher's Pet' here? Having just spent an inordinately large amount of money to take the family to see it and feeling rather unhappy about said expenditure - actually, I only saw half of it, falling asleep through another half. Now, those who know me are aware that I have a tendency to doze off in the dark and relative privacy of a cinema, but this is the first time I've ever slept through a Disney feature. I truly would like an explanation from Disney - they had a fabulous cast of voice talent, how could they have gone so wrong?
Or are you talking about Eisner laying off all of the remaining traditional animators from their staff? Loyalty? That's not an American value!