I screwed up - help
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When I worked in marketing at a law firm last up until last November, we had an outside vendor do ads for us. There was a particular one that wasn't so much a printing error as a poor choice in photography that only my keen eye noticed after it was already printed and in a publication (I was not responsible for sign off):
the ad used a big picture of a doberman and a little chihuahua next to it, with the slogan or theme of the ad being "the right fit" "which law firm is the right fit for you, etc."
No one seemed to notice when approving it that the giant, seated on hind legs Doberman was both male and extremely well-endowed.
I actually asked my boss, "do you notice anything odd about this ad we did over the summer?" and I actually had to point it out to her and she freaked. Suddenly the juxtaposition of "right fit," a giant male doberman, and a tiny female chihuahua took on a whole new meaning and she was horrified. Had a few words with the ad guy, who was a good friend, but still - what a slip of conscience to use an image like that.
And still a very funny story.