Marketing

“So yeah, put the whole college experience online in a sense.”

“That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. Why would people want to go on the internet instead of going to a party?”

“Well, they can look at photos of, send messages to, and comment on the actions of their friends after the fact.”

“That’s a really crappy idea; it’s never going to sell. What was the other one?”

“What other one?”

“That one you mentioned at breakfast.”

“Oh, it’s a collection of essays submitted by users about things that they hate; basically just people’s rants about all of life’s little annoyances. I call it Things That I Hate.”

“Hmm… I guess there’s some potential in that. But what would people post there?”

“I don’t know, anything that irritates them, things they really don’t like.”

“Could I post your first idea there?”

“Um… I guess if it’s really that bad…”

“It is. I really, really hate it.”