tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post903777850971112191..comments2024-03-27T21:41:50.122-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: Statistics and a NoteLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-35570859795521241202012-03-20T07:03:26.764-07:002012-03-20T07:03:26.764-07:00HOW I HAVE MISSED YOU.HOW I HAVE MISSED YOU.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-40247280604538027892012-03-20T07:02:11.577-07:002012-03-20T07:02:11.577-07:00I'm just picturing the conversation now, betwe...I'm just picturing the conversation now, between Amanda and her boss at Spring For Music:<br /><br />Amanda: "Hey. Er. Is there any chance I can have some more press tickets?"<br /><br />Boss: "I already gave you fifty. How many do you need?"<br /><br />Amanda: "Just 470 more."<br /><br />Boss: "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WITH THEM? SELLING THEM IN TIMES SQUARE?"<br /><br />Amanda: "Nope. They're all for people who write enthusiastically about classical music."<br /><br />Boss: "That's impossible."<br /><br />Amanda: "That's what I thought, but apparently every single classical blogger in the English-speaking world has decided they'd like to come to the same concert."<br /><br />Boss: "Why didn't you budget accurately for this?"<br /><br />Amanda: "Well, I figured there are five times as many bloggers as music critics, so I'd need about five times as many tickets as normal. I didn't think many bloggers would fly from Australia to attend a concert."<br /><br />Boss: "But then you convinced them all to come?"<br /><br />Amanda: "Yes."<br /><br />Boss: "All of them?"<br /><br />Amanda: "Yes."<br /><br />Boss: "Well, I suppose that's what we pay you for. We should give you a raise. Will they write nice things about us?"<br /><br />Amanda: "Some of them. There's a good chance that a bunch will take umbrage at the way we've tried to manipulate them."<br /><br />Boss: "It will be a small raise then. Why are we doing this again?"<br /><br />Amanda: "Because we recognise that arts bloggers are important, so we're investing in them."<br /><br />Boss: "We're showing them respect by trying to manipulate them in the same naive and transparent way we've been manipulating journalists for years?"<br /><br />Amanda: "Exactly."<br /><br />Boss: "I like your style. Put the mean ones in the worst seats."<br /><br />Amanda: "Already on it."Proper Discordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111412274404652008noreply@blogger.com