Friday, November 30, 2007

PR is not soft PoRn!!


For some unknown reason, the December issue of a magazine called "Business Plus" was lying around my house today. So, I thought I'd have a wee flick through it, seeing as I'm studying Public Relations in DkIT and am supposed to be up to date on current affairs and what not!! My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw this headline on the cover
"PR Babes, The Poses That Get The Column Inches"
It also had a picture of a fairly provocative looking model beside it. Of course I flicked to the "Public Relations Section" of this so called business mag. What I saw was actually laughable. They have really serious and in-depth accounting and marketing etc. sections but the Public Relations section consisted of half naked models lying about on desks and women posing on streets wearing skin tight PVC suits! Literally soft porn!! (Well very soft porn but still!!)
Tried to get all the pictures but I could only get one (above). It's not the worst one but you get the idea!!
So people wonder why Public Relations does not have a very good name for itself...If a "high quality" business magazine is sending out that message about PR what can we expect. Why can't people see that it is a serious profession?? And why can't they see that there is such a massive difference in being a public relations professional and a promotions girl or a model!! I mean I'm doing a degree course in it at that moment. There is no degree course in modelling as far as I know!!


Thursday, November 29, 2007

In Bad Taste!!

OK...Please tell me some of you have seen this ad. I tried to search for it on YouTube but I couldn't find it so I'll just try to explain..
Its for an insurance company, I'm nearly sure it's FBD, and it starts with this guy sitting in his house. He obviously has a pet parrot because there is one flying around the room. Next thing is the parrot turns the knob on the cooker and the gas goes on. So the room is filling up with gas when the guy (who doesn't realise the gas is on) goes to light his lighter. Then the ad ends with the slogan "It happens, we'll be there if it happens to you."
I mean seriously, how sick is that? That fella is going to die. Like the second he lights that lighter the whole place is going to explode. It's really not funny!!
I don't want to sound like an old granny who complains at ads that show too much flesh but I honestly think it's in really bad taste!!

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Con Artists!!!

I have to say this really bloody annoyed me...

I was in work the other day, (I work in a cafe and wine bar), when this man came in and asked would i change the money he had into a fifty euro note.He gave me two twenties and a rake of change that added up to fifty and I got the fifty note out of the till and handed it over. I turned to close the till and as quick as I turned back he had a tenner in his hand.
"Eh..I asked for a fifty??!!" was what he said to me...Cheeky git! So I replied "And that's exactly what i gave you."
" No you didn't" "Yes I did" etc. etc.
This carried on for a good five minutes until he realised that I wasn't going to take any of his crap. Then he actually turned and ran out of the shop..I mean literally ran!! Like talk about making yourself look guilty!!
The thing was, if i had of been busy I probably would have thought that i had made the mistake and handed him another fifty. Just makes you wonder how many times he does it a day and more importantly how many times he actually gets away with it!!!
What do these people think gives them the right to steal other people's money?? What makes them so special??
when they really dont have a clue

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Weddings!!


I was at a wedding at the weekend.. The first one in like five years!! As i was getting ready for it I actually couldn't believe how much preparation goes into just being a GUEST at a wedding!! Its ridiculous!! First of all there's the task of finding the perfect dress..A serious operation in itself!! I'm not even joking.. The list of "do's and dont's" is absolutely endless!! Plus you must do everything in your power to try to ensure that nobody has the same dress as you. Then in the weeks leading up to the wedding there is tan, nails, shawls (as you MUST cover your shoulders in the church!!), shoes, make-up etc!!
So with the huge expense and all the stress I was beginning to feel like it was actually me that was getting married when in fact I didn't even know the bloody bride!! To save a bit of dosh I got my friend to do my hair and thanks to about a litre of hairspray it was a great success.. The poor girl probably had most of it her lungs!!
The point I'm trying to make is that after all of this preparation to just be a bloody guest at a wedding..What would it be like being the bride?? Is it worth it?? The stress..The expense... Is there more emphasis put on the wedding than the marriage??? And even thought he picture is a bit of an exaggeration, has the whole "bridezilla" culture got out of hand???