Thirsty? (Conversations in the Creative Dept. - Vol. XIII)
- Creative: Would you like some Coke?
- ECD: No, thank you. I'd like a glass of wine actually.
- Creative: Uh, do we have that upstairs?
- ECD: No. No, you don't.
Satisfaction. (Conversations in the Creative Dept. - Vol. XII)
- Creative 1: *Asking the Art Director about her artwork* So, are you satisfied?
- Creative 2: You know, you can never satisfy women.
- Creative 1: Ouch.
Look at the cat. (Conversations in the Creative Dept. - Vol. XI)
- Creative 1: Hey guys! Look at this cat!
- *Nobody responds*
- Creative 1: GUYS. Look at the cat!
- *Still no response*
- Creative 1: GUYYYSSSSS! LOOK AT THE DAMN CAT!
- Mayday, mayday. Creative gone crazy.
Hiss. (Conversations in the Creative Dept. - Vol. X)
- [Originally in Sinhala]
- Creative 1: *Making a hissing sound* Sssssssss.
- Creative 2: SHHH. I'm trying to talk.
- Creative 1: *louder* SSSSSSS.
- Creative 2: You got gas or something?
- Creative 1: Ssss. Nope. My dad's a snake.
- Now they're trying to figure out what type of snake we're talking about here.
Pitch. (Conversations between Creatives and Client Servicing - Vol. VII)
- *At a briefing*
- Creative: So is this a pitch?
- Servicing: Ohhhh yeahhhh. It's a son of a pitch.
- Creative: ....good one.
Of Straws & Elephants. (Conversations between Creatives and Client Servicing - Vol. VI)
- *Client Servicing and Creative 1 are fighting, for jokes of course.*
- Creative 2: THAT'S IT. That's the straw that broke the elephant's back!
- Creative 1: Wait. What straw?! Where's the elephant? Whose back?!
- *CS laughs and flicks Creative 1. Hard.*
- Creative 1: OUCH. *Flicks back*
- *Creative 2 intervenes and gets into a kung-fu stance alongside CS*
- Creative 1: THAT'S IT. That's the elephant that broke the straw's back-
- *Pause. Creative 2 and CS suppress a laugh*
- Creative 1: ...wait. That can't be right.
- *Creative 2 blows at Creative 1. Creative 1 goes flying.*
Sunday Observer. (Conversations between Creatives, Client Servicing and IT - Vol. II)
- IT: *Trying to get everyone's attention* Listen, listen! So on Sunday I bought the Sunday Observer.
- *Pause. Client Servicing starts laughing*
- Creative: ....really? I thought you bought it on Tuesday.
- Today's Monday, just by the way.
Cabbage (Conversations in the Creative Dept. - Vol. IX)
- Creative 1: *eating salad* HEY! The eggplant's blue today!
- Creative 2: What?! There's no eggplant in there!
- Creative 1: There is, I swear! It's like, photoshopped!
- Creative 2: *looks at the salad* That's cabbage, you fool!
- Creative 1: How is that cabbage?!
- Creative 2: Purple cabbage!
- Creative 1: ...there's purple cabbage?
- Creative 1 continues to eat the salad silently, while Creative 2 stares judgementally.
Astronauts. (Conversations between Creatives and Client Servicing - Vol. V)
- *3 Creatives and 1 Client Servicing walks into an elevator*
- Creative 1: MOVE. I want the window view!
- CS: Ow, ow, okay!
- *Creative 2 puts his motorcycle helmet on Creative 3*
- Creative 3: *screams* AAAAAA
- Creative 2: Oh god, calm down!
- *The elevator starts going up*
- Creative 3: *still screaming* Are we going to space?!
- Amidst all this elevator chaos, Creative 1 and Client Servicing have a good laugh.
Before I Die. (Conversations in the Creative Dept. - Vol. VIII)
- Creative 1: *out of nowhere* Hey, do you want to come to Cambodia with me?
- Creative 2: Wait, what. Why!?
- Creative 1: Well, this website said I had to go to Cambodia before I die.
- Creative 2: So if the website told you to jump off a cliff, you'd jump?
- *Pause*
- Creative 1: ...will you jump off a cliff with me?
- God save Creative 1.
Testing, Testing. (Conversations in the Creative Dept. - Vol. VII)
- Heard from the loudspeaker at the Nelum Pokuna across the street: Testing, testing. Check. 1, 2.
- ECD: Take one. Take two. 1, 2!
- Copywriter 1: 3, 4!
- Copywriter 2: 5, 6!
- Art Director: 7, 8!
- Copywriter 3: 9, 10!
- Well at least we've confirmed that creatives can count from 1 to 10.
Vanatu. (Conversations between Creatives and Client Servicing - Vol. IV)
- CS: So there's this...wait. Wano...wanna...vann-
- Creative 1: Vanatu?
- CS: Ah yes, that's the one! What's this Vanatu?!
- Creative 1: Hmmm. I'll tell you one thing though - it can't be three!
- Creative 2: *Laughing away* Haha, one or two, not three!
- *In the meantime, CS is looking up Vanatu*
- CS: Ah, so it does exist!
- *Creative 2 is still laughing*
Leaves. (Conversations in the Client Servicing Dept. - Vol. II)
- CS1: I'll just go get a leave chit and come, okay?
- CS2: Aney, if you don't mind, could you please get me two leave shits as well?
- *CS1 starts laughing*
- CS2: No, no! Where's The Food?! (WTF) Leave chits please. Get me two leave CHITS. Thanks!
- CS1: ROFL (Literally)
Um. (Conversations between Creatives and Client Servicing - Vol. III)
- Creative 1: We haven't had one of those tumblr conversations in a long time, no?
- Creative 2: ...yeah.
- Servicing sat there silently. Judging Creatives.
How to Cut Copy (Conversations in the Creative Dept. - Vol. VI)
- ECD: How's the copy-shortening going?
- Creative: Uhh, it's going. I'm sitting here with a printout and a pen, trying to cut it down.
- ECD: You should try scissors.
- Creative: Oh. There's an idea. *Grabs scissors*
- A pen was used in the end. We're rebels like that.
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