Why is it that the biggest flakes in Hollywood claim to be the most balanced? It is always someone creative, artsy, and nuts about yoga who, lets face it, is just plain nuts. I’m a creative almond myself which is why it is irritating to be pigeonholed into the same flakes and nuts cereal bowl.
For example, lets pretend you are set to meet someone for lunch or coffee. If it is a man in Hollywood you are meeting, he will almost always suggest "cocktails" which, if you are a woman, you should politely suggest lunch as not to get yourself in a sticky situation, and you know I'm talking about the residue left from spilling a sugary cosmo on yourself while trying to slap the scum-bag's hand off your thigh. You call, confirm the time, and they inevitably cancel. First time, no problem. Its understandable. The second meeting is set up immediately upon cancellation, and then on the day of, they cancel again, but this time with an elaborate excuse like “my house is flooding.” Oh really? Its So Cal. It doesn't rain here. Ok, so you know they're lying, but you give them the benefit of the doubt and stupidly set up the third, the fourth and even *sigh* the fifth meeting before you sheepishly realize you are now the test dummy in their experimental reality show called “who is the sucka now?” Well, suck it up and walk away. They aren’t worth being the slurping straw you keep trying to suck that last tiny drop out of anyway.
When this happens in Hollywood North, it might be the Canadiana perspective of trying not to rock the boat if it is a business meeting cancellation, because Canadians don’t like confrontation. In America, there is no excuse for such elusive behavior, since Americans usually do what they do best and bluntly show their disgust for the world or people around them without pressing the sensor button. I actually admire those yanks for their lack of passive aggressive comments such as “I don’t think you fit here” or just the plain old “lets face it, you suck” which is usually the New York style of extinguishing a contact. Hey, at least you aren't left wondering what happened.
This flaky five meetings in a row cancellation policy happens a lot in the Film and TV industry and everyone tries to save face in case that contact happens to make it big, no matter who is on the receiving “cancelled-on” end. They say, don’t burn any bridges, but why the heck not? Bridges can always be re-built and usually with some better contact materials!
Stay tuned for a glam story on the casting couch...don't worry, I don't sit on dirty couches.
By Ms. Heels
1 comment:
But Ms Heels, who would order a COSMO at a business cocktail meeting? Unless monkey busines is the order of the day, far better to go with something dull and conservative...Chardonnay perhaps?
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