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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/I_am_here_but_why on 2025-05-11 21:36:28+00:00.

Years ago, in the days of 1” analogue videotape.

We had a client whose source material was usually poor quality, often originating on non-broadcast formats. In order to spare his blushes we used to write “Gen satis” (Generally satisfactory) on the record reports we enclosed with the edited masters.

One day he complained that one of his advertisements had been rejected by a broadcaster, which had complained about the lack of detail on the record report. He insisted that future record reports included a proper breakdown of all notable anomalies on the tapes.

You want detail? You’ll get detail.

I noted every instance of poor quality source and picture fault. A thirty second commercial ended up with me having to attach a sheet of A4 to the record report to cover them all. I put it in the box, which I gave to him. He must’ve sent it to the broadcaster unopened, as it was instantly rejected.

Gen satis was again acceptable for future reports.

Edit:

There’s been a bit of complaining about the “technical” nature of this post.

1: It happened back in the ‘80s and I still find it vaguely amusing, so I thought I’d share it.

2: I find some posts far too long and, being a bear of very little brain, I often can’t be bothered to read them. I didn’t want to fall into that trap.

3: I felt that most people could infer the gist of what happened without the need for an in-depth explanation of each point.

4: No poster owes anybody anything. If you don’t understand something there’s a marvellous source of (dis)information called the Internet. You can find out most things on there using a device called a “computer”. A computer is a fancy calculating machine that can run things called “programs” which are sets of instructions within the computer which allow the computer to perform functions, such as surfing the internet for basic answers to basic questions. The internet is a… see where explanations can go?

5: Points 3 and 4 will probably annoy some people and might get this post removed.

6: DILLIGAF? (The answer’s no.)

Edit edit:

I’ve descended from merely posting an “amusing” anecdote to sarcastically trolling stupid replies. That’s what the internet made me do. Thanks internet.