going to miss my 2 year old's birthday party!
Art Director: What's wrong, Boss?
B: You hired 10 different artists for this month's issue, and now I have to write ten different checks! Do you have any idea how long that takes?!!
AD: Gee whiz, I had no idea!
B: And now I find out that famous artist Mitch O'Connell could have handled every assignment in his variety of terrific techniques -- comic, logo, graphic, caricature, cartoon, realistic, abstract, cute -- and I would have only ad to write one check!
AD: I'm sorry. . .
B: Because you didn't call Mitch, I'm missing my child's formative years! You're fired!
AD (thinking): Because I didn't hire Mitch O'Connell, my life is in ruins. If only I could do it all over again. If only...
