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Al Johns
August 29, 1959
Orlando Busino
May 30, 1964
Frank O’Neal
May 24, 1958
Stan Hunt
May 21, 1960
Brad Anderson
May 7, 1960
Dana Fradon
April 23, 1966
Joseph Zeis
September 30, 1961
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1 up from the bottom. Believe me, I have been in that boat before myself when I was younger. In the latter years of my career, I stood up to one of those joker CEOs and advised him by doing what he wanted could result in our company facing legal action. I didn’t do what he wanted and stood on my principles. And no, I was not fired. Had I been, he knew what legal action I would have taken. Any sort of corporation would be better off without stupid, wet-behind-the-ears CEOs calling shots.
Cartoon #5 (leading/following) is relatable to me because I’ve had bosses that had me doing the work in ‘their order’ of sequence, then blamed me when the desired results weren’t there; especially when I did things in a logical order that got great results.
I’m referring to the accounts receivable (collections) department of a now defunct department store. A quick example was calling ‘nearbys’ and or neighbors and leave a message for the customer to call me in the early stages of debt resolution at the beginning, when I first got a new batch (300+) of 60-day delinquent accounts.
Obviously you’d try to call first, and/or leave a message, get a letter out with payment options to keep it from going 90 days. If the address showed retuned mail or the number wasn’t good, I’d order a credit bureau and see who they were current with, in an informational exchange. Things were MUCH simpler in the early ’90s, and the phone wasn’t the nearly useless spam call mess it is now.
IF in the final days of the billing cycle, there was still no contact, THEN I’d call a neighbor asking to leave a note on their door with my name, number, and it was a personal business matter. If it sounds like a last resort even to an outsider from this business, it’s because it is/was, thank you!!
On #4 about the ‘gimmick’, Mark’s right. We don’t hear the word as such being used that much nowadays because it’s already incorporated into damn near everything, designed to frustrate and rip us off. No one’s more aware of this than Steve Weisman in his ‘Con Watch’ column for the Post. Having to jump through this hoop or ‘app only’ discounts are 2 examples.
Tech (in cars) now is mainly unnecessary junk for the sake of tech; total money pits designed to go bad so you’re forced to bring it in for very expensive repairs/replacement. No way, and NO thank you. My ’98 RAV-4 has the only real ‘tech’ I actually NEED anyway: great, cold air conditioning!
Cartoon #4 says it all. It takes a word “gimmick” that we don’t hear used that often. Seems every company was looking for a gimmick in the 60’s when this cartoon was penned. One advertising gimmick was “Don’t squeeze the Charmin”. Other gimmicks used by companies were their association with robots or space age themes. Even Superman was hawking products back in the day. The Western theme was also quite popular in the 60″s as was the spy and James Bond type. Breakfast cereals also contained prizes inside. That gimmick stands out in my mind as probably being quintessential! Enjoyed all of the cartoons this week.