Hearts Divorce Bodies, Strike Out for CareerBuilder

Steve Hall

Feb. 01, 2008
1 min read

So this woman’s at her computer, typing away innocently, when her heart — still pumping — leaps the hell out of her chest (tearing an unfortunate hole in her sweater) and walks over to the boss’ office, where it goes, “I quit.”

At first we thought it was an American Heart Association ad. But actually it was for CareerBuilder. The bottom line: “Follow your heart.” Definitely didn’t see that coming.

If innocent watercooler bitching actually yielded dramatic ultimatums from our organs, we’d all be fucking dead!

Steve Hall

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