If the advertising industry had a food triangle, it would be prone to flipping on it’s head – just like the social lives and gym schedules of ad folk.

In the most extreme of times it is the advertising worker whose health bears the brunt of making the work. And while some agencies bring in a weekly masseuse, and others offer bowls of nuts peppered with anti-oxidant laden goji berries – it is the health of the ad worker that is often expensed.

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If the advertising industry had a food triangle, it would be prone to flipping on it’s head – just like the social lives and gym schedules of ad folk.

In the most extreme of times it is the advertising worker whose health bears the brunt of making the work. And while some agencies bring in a weekly masseuse, and others offer bowls of nuts peppered with anti-oxidant laden goji berries – it is the health of the ad worker that is often expensed.

After a hellish week of work the first refuge often sought is fifty million beers followed by 12 hours spooning a half-eaten kebab. Something, at some point, has to give. And it’s better for everyone if it’s not a vital organ.

So comrades, like most things in the great game of advertising, if you want something you’ve got to take it for yourself. And if you want creative glory you’re going to have to give a pound of flesh – but for your sake just make sure it’s grain-fed, hand massaged and free radical free.

Illustration by Peter Petrovic. 

BAU Staylates™ Take two. We’ll see you at 9.

*If you stop functioning after using Staylates™ please take more. Your career depends on them.

The Bullshit Artists Union. It’s more than just a Union. It’s a one-stop shop for all your advertising needs. In fact it’s exactly what advertising needs: an unofficial, non-Omnicom organisation to hear all your workplace complaints. Not that we can do anything about it, but we’re all ears.

It’s time to stop making other people rich and famous. For once, do something for yourself ...]]> Ad workers, are you ready for a watershed moment?
You’ve been grumbling about this for a long time. And now here it is. Finally. A world first.

The Bullshit Artists Union. It’s more than just a Union. It’s a one-stop shop for all your advertising needs. In fact it’s exactly what advertising needs: an unofficial, non-Omnicom organisation to hear all your workplace complaints. Not that we can do anything about it,
but we’re all ears.

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