Why did Jamie quit her first job?
Four words precipitated Jamie’s departure from Farrer, Gantz: “Latin men love blondes!” [2.4] Jamie Stemple Buchman had been Regional VP at her firm for about two and a half years when she quit. In that span, she had landed some very important accounts, like Computron [1.6], the “I Still Love NY” campaign [1.13], and the Central American Tourism account [2.4]. With the last account, she had to overcome her boss’s faux-pas in suggesting an insulting line to the client: “Central America! Come take your chances!” But Jack Farrer, her boss, refused to recognize her contribution, took the credit himself and sent a box of cigars to a male co-worker (Jack Erdman), whom he considered the point-man in the presentation to the client. At Riff’s that evening Jamie let off steam, and Paul helped out by describing Mrs. Farrer in rather disparaging terms (“built like Don Shula”). Too late did Paul and Jamie realize they’d been overheard by the Farrers seated nearby. The next day, Jack Farrer came ove
