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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Can someone help me understand this?

What does the part in quotes mean?

I asked her what form it (the temptation) took. Well, it wasn't very interesting, she said. Something about advertising. There was this man in a business suit talkingtothe saint.He said he'd "throw the account your way” if the saint would something something. The only other thing she heard was a mention of annual billings in the range of...

What is that man in business suit talking about?
  

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Anonymous What is that man in business suit talking about? The whole thing seems to be a confused dream, as dreams often are. To "throw the account your way" is to do whatever office politics is necessary to allow you to take charge of the account.

  • Anonymous What is that man in business suit talking about?
  • The whole thing seems to be a confused dream, as dreams often are.
  • To "throw the account your way" is to do whatever office politics is necessary to allow you to take charge of the account.
  • There is a reference to advertising, so I imagine that this takes place in an advertising agency where the employees take care of advertising 'accounts'.
  • Each client represents an 'account'.
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AnonymousWhat is that man in business suit talking about?
The whole thing seems to be a confused dream, as dreams often are.

To "throw the account your way" is to do whatever office politics is necessary to allow you to take charge of the account. There is a reference to advertising, so I imagine that this takes place in an advertising agency where t

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