See You There
Ji-woo and a producer sat in the small recording room at the community radio station.
Producer: Okay, you have to read the ad once, clearly. Just talk to me like we’re having a chat.
Ji-woo: Got it.
(reads)
Ji-woo: Come to the spring market this Saturday!
Producer: Good. But you need to slow down. Read it again.
Ji-woo: Come… to the spring market… this Saturday!
Producer: Now it’s too slow. You sound like a robot. We have to communicate, not count the seconds.
Ji-woo: Okay. Should I add a comment at the end, like “see you there”?
Producer: No, just copy the words on the page. Don’t change them.
(reads)
Ji-woo: Come to the spring market this Saturday. See you there!
Producer: You added it again.
Ji-woo: Sorry. It feels friendly.
Producer: It is friendly. It’s also not in the script. We advertise what the client paid for. Read it correctly, one more time.
(Ji-woo reads it perfectly, no extra words.)
Producer: Perfect. That’s the one.
Ji-woo: So I can’t say “see you there”?
Producer: You just did. To me. For free.