By now you’ve seen the replay over and over of the infamous Zidane head-butt. (There’s a nice thread at adverb with all the various links for the two people who haven’t seen all the versions.) Butt on second thought, this may not be such a bad thing. Joanne, who runs a pet site on the side and who I share office time and space with had a great idea: why not head-butt at the end of any career?Gold watch after fiddy years of service? Bag that. Head-butt baby!
Applied to the world of advertising, let’s say Ernie decides he’s had enough. Rather than go out with class and dignity, he gets in the VW and heads out to Oregon. Dan Wieden answers the door. Bam! Head-butt. A move that would make Neil French’s tirade appear tame by comparison. You could extend it to any career though: baker, office worker, flight attendant, etc.
Sure would make exit interviews more interesting.
Tags: advertising, Zidane, brands, viral (Image from fighttimes.com)
6 comments:
As someone who was born in the great state of Ohio, I'd like to thank Zidane for becoming the new worldwide symbol for crazy career-ending moves and, in so doing, allowing the poor dead body of Woody Hayes to finally rest in peace.
Merci mon ami!
I'm going with a slap in the face with big cod. The fish. No reason to bruise my own head. But either way, there's something to be said for that not going gently thing.
Le Baton has been passed.
Woody, your work here is done. Rest in peace.
Cod is original, I’ll give you that. But you can’t go wrong with a classic head-butt either.
The cod is good. The more important point to remember, though, is to roll tape. It doesn't count if we can't watch it on YouTube!
Irene is so right. Cod, head butt. It's all good as long as it's on tape. I can imagine an entire video channel, maybe called "Fond Farewells," with clips of departing employees performing their most creative exits. We should suggest this to jobschmob.com. We would roll it with "America's Best Video Breakups" -- MTV for that, I'd think.
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