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The Compliment
Rob Long can't take a compliment from an executive, and as punishment, he's subjected to an awkward personal conversation. It was worse than it sounds.
By Rob Long • • 3m ListenOnce, during production on a television series, I got a call from an executive who wanted to give me a compliment. Which is something that I almost always like getting, even when it's patently untrue. I'm not a stickler for these kinds of things – if you tell me you think I've lost weight when I've quite obviously gained it, you won't hear me complaining. But when the call came from the executive, I surprised myself...