The folks over at Chicago agency Plan B crafted their own sarcastic take on the The Elf on the Shelf, “The Ad Agency Elf on the Shelf,” for the agency’s holiday card/
As might be expected, the ad agency elf is a little more ornery than his non-agency brethren, while also showing a taste for alcohol. Rather than spying on children to find out who’s naughty and nice, he instead keeps tabs on agency taboos. He calls out one employee for texting during a meeting, an intern for looking at a picture of a kitten on Facebook — “What client job are you going to bill that to, huh?” he asks — and a group creative director who “can make a big TV commercial but can’t make a pot of coffee.” As often as not, The Ad Agency Elf on the Shelf comes across as creepy (which I guess shouldn’t come as a surprise), and on more than one occasion pushes things well past uncomfortable into cringe territory. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.