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25 Things You Should Know About Brain Traffic

by Angie Halama on March 20th, 2009

1.   We have a soft spot for hobos and pioneers.

2.   Our favorite lunch spot is the Bulldog NE. But we doubt we’re their favorite customers. (Maybe if we called ahead before all 15 of us stomped through their doors …)

3.   We’re really, really happy about our new dishwasher. Magically clean dishes.

4.   We’ve had a TV for 6 months that we haven’t taken out of the box.

5.   All meetings involve snarky comments. It’s why we have meetings.

6.   Hilarity is one of our core values. For real.

7.   Our fridge is stocked with string cheese, English muffins, sparkling water, Diet Coke and V8. 

8.   Kristina thinks V8 is gross. David, Julie and Elizabeth strongly disagree.

9.   We love the fake grass in our conference room table.

10. Meghan and Elizabeth hate each other. Elizabeth says Meghan eats kittens. True story.

11. We’re almost out of beer for Disco Friday.

12. For Amy and Angie 1.0’s birthdays, we ordered a Pride & Pegasus birthday cake (e.g., Jane Austen on a pegasus). Best birthday cake ever.

pride

13. Our receptionist team includes Liberace, T Rex, and a cow. We had to fire Buffy the Vampire Slayer because she was dressed inappropriately.

14. Erin and Meghan are in a fight.

15. We really, really, really want to hire more guys. We love dudes. And equal opportunity.

16. We love it when dogs visit the office. Our favorites: Molly, Wahoo, and Sam. 

17. Chunks of things fall from our ceiling.

18. Delivery dudes, please pay attention: No one named Brian Traffic works here.

19. But if you are named Brian, and you’d like to work here, please let us know.

20. We have very loud shoes. We are the loudest walkers in the history of anyone who walked.

21. Favorite shoes around here: Danskos (particularly favored by IAs), MBT shoes (the anti-shoes), and Fluevogs.

22. We made our own Christmas stockings.

23. We work in the old Banks building. Many clients and visitors remember shopping here before it was turned into office space.

24. We’re within spitting distance of the Otter, Popular Front, and White Castle. But we do not spit on any of them. 

25. We like chips.

  • mbt
    a line of “puffys” that are similarly styled. It almost makes a girl miss real winters…almost.
  • what a great list. thanks for sharing this.
  • Amazing cake ... I'm a dude, and I'd love to work in a place like this. ha ha.
  • Lists always catch my eye . . . I'm a dude . . . so does my name being used in your list! (#18 & #19)
    Confession: My father spelled my name "Brain" on my birth certificate. I must be qualified to work there . . . but with all the dudettes? . . . not so much - love you all - but not so much (for now).
  • Adriana
    Heehee, you guys rock.
    I have to watch keep myself from sending my resume to BrainTraffic (need for warm weather is the only thing preventing me from doing so... I hope my boss doesn't read that).
    Good thing I'm not called Brian or I wouldn't resist :-).
  • I love the Brain Traffic blog. You guys crack me up.
    Re: #23. I used to work at Banks. On my first day there, my supervisor put me on a team with two college gals -- sorting a shipment of lingerie. I'm sure my face was bright red the whole time.
  • Wow, thanks for this. And also: Love the pride and pegasus cake. Love it. Congrats, as well, to Kristina for an excellent talk (From Freelance to Agency) at SXSW. I saw it. Great, solid advice there!
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