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I was pranked called at 5 am at SXSW
What I think is interesting here is that like I have said many times, we now live in a very transparent world and every interaction maybe recorded, The question is, if I handled this differently would it have impacted how some may look at me?

Mar 17, 2010 4:51 pm
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  1. clarityrecords reblogged this from gary
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  3. brewbusters answered: Superbly dealt with, nice one.
  4. oftentoocynical answered: LOL! This amazing!!!! I bet you were PISSED but you handled it very well. Thats awesome.
  5. robinjp reblogged this from gary
  6. anthonybarba answered: Well played.
  7. lanekennedy answered: no
  8. jennymack reblogged this from gary and added:
    probably wouldn’t have been able to recite my own name
  9. aliciakubertsmith reblogged this from gary
  10. ehsm answered: Oh dude, Vaynerchuk, you just went up 10x in my book. Says so much about you. Couldn’t have lost it. Didn’t. Shows your class.
  11. kennybutler answered: Your initial “hello” was pained but it just took that one word to get you into the conversation. “Crush Off!” is awesome…
  12. lemattt reblogged this from gary and added:
    Gary, you’re awesome!
  13. tbjorkgren answered: That’s awesome, how long into the call did you know that it was a prank? cause you sounded so alert and cheerful
  14. jgodbey answered: wow nicely handled gary. definitely a great example of doing the right thing “when no one is watching” — cuz you never know!
  15. onegoodrealtor answered: Actually, GarythemanVaynerchuk, what I find way more interesting is that you have 850 bazillion followers but you only get 150 comments? =)
  16. agrooved answered: Tom Crush is an amazing name indeed :) Brilliant prank, Brilliant Vaynerchuck!
  17. sophiejump answered: I think you handled it marvellously. At that time in the morning I’d of told him to do more than crush off himself!
  18. sashacosta answered: You were actually pretty cool headed for being called at 5 am, after im sure a late night at SXSW….
  19. miacarla answered: It was funny and to the point—showed just how capable you are on the fly.
  20. strawbrryf answered: I just want to know what hotel puts a call through to a room at 5 AM. Seriously?
  21. kelela reblogged this from gary and added:
    work with did this. AMAZABALLZ. Too cool Gary. Too cool. Loved Sean’s admission as well, because it’s true. You’re the...
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