Don't let your kids scoop ice cream this summer.
Especially if they want to get into college.
Hello everyone. I’m going to start using this anonymous form to gather news tips from you guys because sometimes they get lost in my inbox. This is a photo of me from yesterday feeling grateful for all my friends commenting on my ADWEEK list.
This weekend I’ll be on Long Island, mentally and physically preparing for Monday’s Feed Me party. I can’t wait to see all of you. Today’s news includes the essay currently tearing the internet apart, my favorite kind of summer column from magazines, and what your high school kids should do for the next two months if they want to get into college.
NEWS:
The WSJ is acting like it’s news that recruiters in banking and wealth management look for great golfers. This has been the case pretty much forever. A hot blonde who played golf at Duke and can talk to old guys is priceless.
Hearing from friends that there is a big smoke-shop-psilocybin-mushroom crackdown going on. Stock up before the summer starts because a friend told me his usual spot acted like he was crazy for even asking if they had them in-stock.
Cheating gets you fired, slacking doesn’t. Wells Fargo & Co. fired more than a dozen employees last month after investigations claimed that they were faking work. Basically what happened is they were away from their keyboards (working out, watching TV, logging off early) and they used a macro (a little automation) that made it look like they were moving their mouses, so the ‘status’ stays green. It’s funny because the people who were simply inactive didn’t get fired.