Friday Night, sponsored by a Major International Corporation

Last night I got to hang out with some very good friends who were in town editing. We ate at a super cool restaurant that has apparently recieved some celeb recommendations. It was pretty darn good, I must admit, and the best part of all was that the client picked up the whole tab. Not only did the client pick up the tab for dinner, but the client also bought us a drink afterwards. I thought it was very nice of them.

Just in case you are reading this and bemoaning the fact that agency people (and their lucky friends) have dinner and drinks and expense it, you should try living on location for two or three weeks sometime. You live the client and the idea 20 hours a day. And that's just once you get there. There's pre-production, and post-production as well. Look, there are a lot of people out there that abuse it, absolutely. But we're not talking about people who throw parties on the clients tab. We're talking about very hard-working people that give up a lot of their time in order to make multi-national brands grow and flourish. I think the occasional dinner and drink with a friend is pretty fair compensation. Especially if that friend is me.