I have finally done it. I have identified the job that I want to aspire to. It came to me while I was watching a commercial. At the very end of the advert, it said something along the lines of "if you call in the next twenty minutes you'll get [an additional serving of completely useless crap you don't need]." It's so obvious that I'm amazed I didn't notice it before. There has to be a person at these advertising companies that actually has to count for twenty minutes after the commercial's conclusion for the people answering the phone. I'm picturing a bit like the beatmaster on a slave galley. He sits at the head of the cube farm and keeps the time. "There are fifteen minutes left! Push the sale!" "Seven minutes folks! Start using that hold button to push them over!" "We're at two minutes! Stall! Stall!" As soon as that twenty minute mark passes, he blows a big rams horn signaling that the sale opportunity has passed and the price has returned to its normal level.
Of course, the job is probably far more complicated, but I think I can do the challenge. I have to keep track of all the commercial airings in the country and organize the phone answering peons by commercial airing zone. I'd have a large evil villain-like electronic map with timers for all the regions. I'll cackle maniacally as the timer for a certain region reaches twenty minutes. A grin will spread on my face as I think of those poor sods who foolishly did not call immediately. Oh yes, it would be well worth the effort. I just have to figure out who to talk to.
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haha, uhhh..... They have computers for that or the commercial airs every 15 minutes. Sorry to burst your bubble.