They don’t give receipts at McDonald’s

They don’t give receipts at McDonald’s
: Today’s straight-faced punchline comes from Joi Ito’s blog, writing about his dinner — one of many meals Joi writes about — with John Dvorak of PC Magazine and John Markoff from the NYT:

We discussed the importance of lunches and dinners in the journalistic process…

Well, for you, Joi. But for salaryman journalists, the expense account is long-since dead.

2 responses to “They don’t give receipts at McDonald’s”

  1. Dean Esmay Avatar

    What? You mean your average reporter doesn’t get a company credit card to spend on his sources? Wow.

  2. Joi Ito Avatar

    We discussed the importance of lunches and dinners and but I don’t remember if we decided that they were important or not… ;-P