Brush with “fame”
Today I met the man behind the Chicago bus shelters (as seen above in a photo found via Google Image Search). Yes, I met Mr Decaux himself! And ya know, when I found out he was coming to the meeting I was impressed. Call me simple, call me crazy, call me easily impressed…but no matter how you look at it, I thought it was cool that the MAN himself was coming to my office.
He’s not very tall, and he’s quite thin. And he’s got an awesome French/British accent. I say French/British because SG thought he sounded French, I thought he sounded British. And she’s like, but Decaux is French and I said, France isn’t far from Britian…
Oh…and to prove Mr Decaux doesn’t screen receptionists well, when I called their offices (the ones in New York cuz I was looking for info on advertising in a mall in Denver and the Denver number I found didn’t work) this is what went down:
Receptionist: JC Decaux how may I help you?
Me: I’d like to speak to someone regarding advertising in a mall in Denver.
Receptionist: Is Denver near Chicago?
Me: Uh? Denver is in COLORADO…Chicago is in ILLINOIS
So his staff may not be brilliant…but his accent is hot…I could listen to him talk for HOURS…
