WTA: Subtle vs. Overt

These are actual (color that real) cases of WTA from our files:

Friend J calls someone he has contracted with to do work at a profit at his business and asks for a favor = Overt use Working the Angle.

Friend R uses the term "Big Dave" and is allowed entrance into an entertainment venue = Subtle use of Working the Angle.

Which is better.....Subtle, of course....there was no pressure for the subtle WTA to work and that is the beauty of it. Also, there is usually more joy for having worked that kind of angle.

WTA aka Working the Angle

This phrase was born out of the Salmen Fieldhouse back in the day when the Football Gods looked down upon the place with a smiles on their faces. Its meaning is diverse, it is an art form, and yet it is uncomplicated. To fully explain something of this higher nature one must sometimes start at the end to get to the beginning.

While I could expounded virtually limitlessly on this subject, today I will choose to make the following assertion:

One can work the angle without actually knowing they were working the angle. This is angle workage in its purist form. I am not sure that the reward in this WTA situation is as fully appreciated as when one has to practice the art of WTA.

Peace Out.