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Tell it like it is

6/9/2008

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Posted by Jon
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…)
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Helene
3/26/2016 03:35:57 am

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? :)

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Jon
3/26/2016 03:36:04 am

LOL it’s the *next* post of mine. Promise!!

(Prize to Helene for spotting the continuity error!)

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