Monday, June 9, 2008
Tell it like it is
A café I visited last week offered a range of drinks, including a selection described as ‘aerated water’.Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite or Ginger Ale, it seemed, when I asked for a sparkling water, which they don’t stock.
I’m reminded of one of my favourite “worst ever proposal answers”, which addressed the question “Have you ever failed to complete a project of this nature on time?” with the answer:
“We are not at liberty to disclose details of any law suits which may be pending against our organisation.”
(Hey, they had some content from a past proposal. And they had this scary-looking blank sheet of paper in front of them. And it was so much easier to cut and paste than to do any real thinking…)
interesting point, adn funny (well, to me since I didn’t submit that proposal!). Though I *have* to ask, in your previous post you closed with the statement “In the next post I will offer you a dozen tips for with developing a proposal for a client where you’re the incumbent.”…so is this it? :)
LOL it’s the *next* post of mine. Promise!!
(Prize to Helene for spotting the continuity error!)