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Why it worked
The creator taps into a common frustration and shared experience of encountering absurd business practices, making the story relatable and shareable. The use of humor and a clear narrative arc also contributes to its engagement.
Summary
The creator shares a story about receiving an email from a magazine that requested their contribution. To their surprise, the magazine also asked the creator to pay $250 for the privilege of writing for them, which the creator finds absurd and indicative of scams being everywhere.
Structure
- 1Receives an email from a magazine
- 2Magazine requests contribution
- 3Magazine asks for payment
- 4Creator expresses disbelief
- 5Warns about scams
On-screen text
On this episode of
where do Companies
get the freaking Audacity
I just got an email from
this magazine
that actually requested
that I contribute to it.
kind of excited. I
oh, look at me.
Contributor.
And then I open it,
ask me to, like,
write something,
makes sense,
they also asked me
to pay them
$250 for me to write
$250 for me to write
for me to write
for their magazine
that I would then
have to pay for.
Now I have to pay
to write again.
Scams are everywhere,
people.
Just be careful.
Another day in
business. Oh, my god. That's all.
Original caption
I’m paying… to work?? #business #storytime #people #work
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