Warning, random venting ahead:
Don't you love when visitors have to make sure to tell you that the reason they need to leave on Friday is that they have four kids under nine and they like to "dedicate their entire weekend to them"? This was a business discussion and I didn't need to know that. I asked "will you be leaving Friday or Saturday" and your answer could have been "I'm leaving Friday."
I really wanted to respond: "I want to leave early on Friday, too, because I don't have any kids and I like to dedicate my entire weekend to crying while my ovaries age. This weekend I also will want to make sure I can dedicate my entire weekend to running to the bathroom every five minutes to see if AF has arrived."
Add that to the fact that the entire e-mail was written in lower case letters. Every single word. Every "i" and every name and every first word of every sentence. Even his signature section at the end. Really? In business communication? Are you five? Did you break the "shift" key? Is your presentation going to include a PowerPoint with no capital letters? Do you submit articles to journals written that way? Are you secretly e. e. cummings?
*****Rolls eyes*****
Hahahaha! This post made me laugh. Not at your frustration but at stupid people. I'll pay you $20 if you reply to him as "dear mr. cummings:"
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I am dying laughing over here, also not at you being frustrated but at how people can be such complete dumbasses!
ReplyDeleteI'm with R... write back "dear mr. cummings" Please?! :)
Loved that. Why is it that people feel free to share with you how wonderful they are as parents, when in fact you really didn't ask anything but "Are you available?"
ReplyDeleteThe lack of proper spelling, puncutation, and grammar in business communcations makes me seethe. Grow up, people.
I love the idea of writing back "dear mr. cummings!"
ReplyDeleteI hate it when people have to tie everything back to their children. We had a bunch of snow and my SIL told me that she was working from home since they didn't want to drive their kids. What about working from home because there are blizzard like conditions and it's not safe for the adults to be out?
Oh I hate those people! I think it would have completely been appropriate to talk about crying and AF showing up with him - he opened the personal door that should not have been cracked! And the people with no punctuation or capital letters drive me nuts. The other people that make me insane are THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE IN ALL CAPS - SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE SCREAMING AT YOU!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou gave me a good laugh today. :) And, I agree with you 100% about the example you gave. I hate insensitive, self-centered people!
ReplyDeleteAt least he used vowels (or I'm guessing he did). I can't stand people who in work emails write.
ReplyDeletethats gr8t. thnx xx
*shudder*
Ugh.. I swear I wish you could say that back.. "I like to dedicate my entire weekend to crying while my ovaries age". I'm sorry that was freakin hilarious.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the laugh it is much needed today.
lol, you are too funny!
ReplyDeleteLMAO!!! The aging ovaries statement is a great comeback! screw all the people that think that your life is meaningless or less important than theirs if you don't have a child!
ReplyDeleteStumbled across your blog and I'm glad I did. "Did you break the shift key." Hilarious. And that would've been the funniest response ever. I agree, the kid thing was totally unnecessary information.
ReplyDeleteYou're too funny! I literally LOL at your imaginary response about crying while your ovaries age! I'd love to see their face if you actually said that!
ReplyDeleteAs for e-mails, my profession is extremely formal - our e-mails read almost like letters, which is a bit excessive, but necessary to avoid any misunderstandings.
Sometimes we receive e-mails from people who are so less formal that they write almost telegraphic e-mails, which always look rude to me. I keep expecting to see STOP between each sentence!
Ugh, so sorry! You did write that so well. I too get tired of hearing people use their kids for excuses. Take care!
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