What was the shortest cab ride ever taken by an MCIS editor?
Warehouse to Times Centre (YH and others cos they were stuck in the rain and it was already 1:30 pm)
Who took off her shoe and killed a cockroach in the ladies' toilet without batting an eyelid?
SS
Who found a paper-thin flat dead lizard in one of the science reference books in the cupboards near the round tables?
JW
What was JW's theory about the lizard?
That in the old days STR used to use it as a bookmark.
Why did freelance designer P slap her own forehead multiple times when working with ex-ed KP?
Instead of marking up on the 1st proofs, he made the amendments in soft copy on the edited ms, and emailed it to her to lay into 2nd proofs, justifying his action with a "This is a more efficient way of doing it."
Which designer was so utterly stressed just before the Launch that she forgot who her boss was and made a statement like "Who is II?"
YH
Whose author had a character called 'Pei Pei The Persistence' in her ms?
TH
Which editor got a call from an angry parent saying "My son did not write anything in the answer space and the teacher gave him zero!!", leaving her speechless?
MN
What did the company doc say when MN went to see him with pretty bad cramps?
But are you sure you're having cramps?
Which editor's author called her mobile at 4 am and burst into tears?
JL
Which editor's author tore up his own manuscript in fury during a meeting in his office?
BB
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