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I’ve seen some of the commercials for the new HBO Go streaming service and thought the slogan they chose was interesting: ‘The story you could be watching is better than the one you’re in.’
The ads try and illustrate the slogan by reminding people just how depressing the routines of everyday life can be. Being stuck on the bus next to an obnoxious person talking loudly on his cellphone, making the same old tired smalltalk in an elevator about the weekend, or having to eat lunch with a coworker that has a neverending fascination with talking into a fan…
HBO Go sets itself up as a way to endure these kinds of claustrophobic obligations of modern life. I think it’s interesting how they framed the problem as one story vs. another, though I’m not sure that watching someone else’s story is necessarily the best solution to miserable feelings about how your own life story is going.
For example in the case of the unhappy lunchtime guy maybe it’d be better for him to spend his lunch break scouring the help wanted section or working on a project that will get him a promotion away from that department, just sayin.
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Or even he could spend time talking to the fan guy and getting to know him. The fan guy seems like he’s just bored…
Honey,
Now now…how’s HBO supposed to profit if people are happily getting along with their co-workers?
There´s something that applies to this:
There are Active people and there are Reactive People.
Difference? One take control and create new standars while others react to acts and routines.
Solution? Being Proactive! Go out for lunch, take the Fan Guy with you, burn the office up to the sky and both get a new Job! LOL
Nairim,
Lmao awesome story! The Fan Guy would definitely not be bored after that.