New York's Worst Bosses: Faith Popcorn Pins One On
We asked you for more tidbits about trend forecaster Faith Popcorn's bossy ways, "both pro and con," and you listened! To everything but the "pro" part. "Pro" tipsters, hurry up and send us your tips! We so want to be fair. So, what's this we hear about that pin Faith is wearing in the photo at right, and... hmm... in every photo we've ever seen of her, come to think of it?
"The small pin worn by Faith in the lower-center of her headshot was actually a company-wide dress-code policy, as detailed in the 'dress-code' section of the employee handbook." GET THE FUCK OUT. Really? "Were you ever in a meeting with Ms. Popcorn or a client and not wearing your pin, heaven help you. The pin in question is a planet; a crude half-circle with a ring around it, filled with cut-glass sparkly bits—referencing the cover-art of her first book (look it up on Amazon if you are ever feeling bad about your life). Evidently this dated back to the days when BrainReserve was an entirely female company, but was never updated when men were hired." NUH UH. But you know what is the best part? "I once forgot to take the pin off when I left the building for the night, and on my way to the subway, a day-laborer called me a faggot in Spanish." Boy, someone else is going to have to be a really bad boss to trump that.
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