Oops sorry 11:30
Producer talking about a late night shoot: “great we can run it in the morning”
Other producer; “Or in the late”
Producer: “…I forgot we have a late 😬”
Brood X
Editor: The first time the cicadas came, I guess I was 6 and I remember that pretty clearly. I don’t really remember the last time, so I got to thinking, “What was I doing 17 years ago?” I was 23, so I guess I was just drunk.
Spell check
Copy editor, after about a year on the job: “I finally found out how to use spell check.”
Vegas, baby!
Editor Emeritus: [Local official] is going to conference in Las Vegas. I guess there’s really not much you can do out there. The shows are all closed. You can play the slot machines but you can’t sit down and play poker.
Editor: Yeah, and it’s pretty hard to do much with a lady of the night while socially distanced.
Some asshole…
Staff writer: I’ve never had this much trouble writing a cutline before.
Editor: The jackknifed truck? Just say, “A truck ended up jackknifed north of town because some asshole in a car was driving like a moron.”
Staff writer: Well, I’m trying to say it without saying that.
Editor: Well, yeah, don’t say “asshole” or “moron.”
Newsroom bias?
Ad Rep: Thank you, for the muffins.
Editor: Yes, they were very good.
Circulation Manager: Really? Because when I made them, I didn’t think they were very good.
Editor: Of course, my opinion might be shaded by the fact that they were muffins I didn’t ask for that just showed up.
Stuck at March
Editor: I just wrote a cutline and put the date as March.
Sports writer: In some ways, we’re still there.
Editor 1: I just bought masks with Christmas print on them.
Editor 2: Hang on to it, you might need them next year.
Reporter: The Grinch whole stole next Christmas.
*Young lawyer comes bounding into court saying how excited she is to do be doing more training this week, before racing out the door again*
Weary court reporter, slightly concerned: She’s very enthusiastic.
Associate, shrugging: She’s new.
Long week in store…
Staff writer: “My give a shit is broken right now.”
Editor: “Before noon on a Monday? Mine breaks every week, but never this early.”
Dear Abby…
Editor: “‘A pillar of the community is less admired at home.’ Ooh, Dear Abby finally published my letter.”
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