That being said, I did give a goose a french fry, and I do consider myself something of a ninja.

Scott

If you've followed Scotts posts at all you know he writes with a serious slant toward humor and sarcasm. Maybe you don't need to take this post so literal.

The point of the post is that it's the little things that help make a business successful, any business really. He focused on hings that might often be overlooked or thought to be unimportant. Yet these things are in fact just as important. There are many ingredients that go into running a successful business, and many are not obvious.

I think you should also consider that we run a small shop, which means everybody has to be a team player and wear many hats. Every one of us in the office does more then just what our business card title would reflect.

Finally, here is a partial list of Scott's other duties, as assistant editor. Internal systems upgrades and operations, continuous maintenance on all computers in the office, in charge of doing all long term project archives and maintaining the library, edit prep by importing, digitizing, scanning or coping over whatever materials are part of a job and organizing them for the editor, performing compositing duties on some repeat shows that we do that have a lot of green screen elements, graphics design and creation, and if there's any free time after that – he's been learning Cinema 4D. What didn't he mention any of these? Because it wasn't the point of the post.

Try to keep in mind that every market, even in this very same industry, can be a very different beast. What a editor is expected to do in one market might be very different in another, and add to that the differences between a very established large post house and a small boutique and that gap widens.

So maybe you need to lighten up, just a little.

I appreciate your comment and welcome others to chime in with their own opinions as well.

Clients don't come back for the coffee, they come back because the work you did for them was outstanding, it was done quickly and efficiently, and the price was right. OK, they appreciate that coffee, bottled water, juices and so on are available, but that shouldn't be the job description of a professional assistant editor.