I stole your stress-relief puff. I'm using it to relieve stress.
[Aether] -
I got a call from Miracle Pens Company, to ask how I like the free gifts they sent to me -- they said they were mailed to your office. I said that I never received the gifts. Did someone on your staff open them and keep them? Will they be mailed to me? Please let me know so that I can call MIRACLE and let them know not to mail anything to you ever again in the future.
Thanks.
[Barb]
[Barb],
I would have let you know if we had received something to your attention....but we receive dozens of "free gifts" from all sorts of vendors every day. They're basically just promotional items, keychains, stress-relief puffs and so on. Would you like me to send over one of mine? I have more than I know what do with.
Best,
[Aether]
[Aether],
YOU DIDNT ANSWER MY QUESTION did one of your staff steal my free gift? Miracle sent that gift with me in mind. The sales associate on the phone said they sent it for me so I don't want one of yours. Please ask your staff if one of them stole my gift.
Thanks.
[Barb]
[Barb],
We're up to our eyeballs in promotional pens, keychains, and tiny little flashlights, so I assure you that nobody in our office has any special need to take yours.
Anything mailed to your attention would have been forwarded, but if it was mailed to the org's attention it would have been put among the org's things.
We get dozens of promotional tchotchkes from dozens of companies like and including Miracle, week in and week out, so getting another one wouldn't have attracted any special attention. Later this week I'll look through the stuff that we've received recently to see if any of it should rightfully be considered yours.
Regards,
[Aether]
[Aether],
I would appreciate it if you read my email more carefully. Miracle said they sent me a GIFT not a PROMOTIONAL ITEM.
Have you asked anyone yet if they stole it? I want the person who stole it to be held responsible.
[Barb]
[Barb],
Companies like Miracle sell promotional items, so they typically send samples of these promotional items to prospective customers. I'm sure they intended it as a "gift," but it was probably a promotional item like a stress puff because that's Miracle's line of business. They're hoping you'll like it enough that you'll want to order more.
As I mentioned below, I'll see what we've received recently.
Regards,
[Aether]
[Aether],
When you find it be sure to find out who is responsible for stealing it.
I look forward to your report.
[Barb]
[Aether],
When were you planning to get back to me on the item below?
You said that you will be presenting a report.
[Barb]
[Aether],
I have not yet received the report you promised. Please re-send.
[Barb]
[Barb],
Sorry for the slow response, I was addressing other matters.
In our bin-o-tchotchkes we have:
15 Steel Promotional Pens
8 Plastic Promotional Pens
38 stress-relief puffs of various sizes and shapes.
12 keychains, 4 of which are high-quality (steel, looks like), and the rest plastic
2 Miniature flashlights
8 Mountain-climber clasps (I don't know the technical name for them)
1 Globe that opens up into a container, with a big star over Texas that acts as a hinge.
22 Swiss Army knives (about half "official Swiss Army", the rest knock-offs)
4 Calendars (one tear-off, the rest wall calendars)
7 Day-Planners
2 Plastic things shaped like a number "1" that serve no immediately obvious purpose but say "Your company name here" in the middle of the "1"
So, take your pick.
Which shall I send over?
[Aether]
[Aether],
Which one is the gift that miracle sent me?
And who stole it? Are you going to hold them accountable?
[Barb]
[Barb],
I don't know which is the one Miracle sent you...none of them mention you name specifically. But, if you're a gambling person, I'd put about 3-1 odds on it being a stess puff. I would also put odd 119-1 odds against my staff stealing anything, seeing as there are 119 other items that could be acquired without resorting to larceny.
Furthermore, these are just the tchochkes that have come to the attn of nobody in particular.
Most of the staff gets plenty such items sent to them directly, and companies like Miracle would be happy to send us a boxfull of 'gifts' if we call and ask nicely.
Best,
[Aether]
[Aether],
I don't want just any thing you pull out of your box, I want the gift that Miracle intented for me.
And I don't appreciate your cavalier attitude towards theft of client property on your premises.
Send me the Texas globe and the number "1" and I will drop this discussion since you have already taken the side of people with no regard for property, gifts, etc. I am getting nowhere with you.
I will instruct Miracle never to send anything to you again.
[Barb]
I got a call from Miracle Pens Company, to ask how I like the free gifts they sent to me -- they said they were mailed to your office. I said that I never received the gifts. Did someone on your staff open them and keep them? Will they be mailed to me? Please let me know so that I can call MIRACLE and let them know not to mail anything to you ever again in the future.
Thanks.
[Barb]
[Barb],
I would have let you know if we had received something to your attention....but we receive dozens of "free gifts" from all sorts of vendors every day. They're basically just promotional items, keychains, stress-relief puffs and so on. Would you like me to send over one of mine? I have more than I know what do with.
Best,
[Aether]
[Aether],
YOU DIDNT ANSWER MY QUESTION did one of your staff steal my free gift? Miracle sent that gift with me in mind. The sales associate on the phone said they sent it for me so I don't want one of yours. Please ask your staff if one of them stole my gift.
Thanks.
[Barb]
[Barb],
We're up to our eyeballs in promotional pens, keychains, and tiny little flashlights, so I assure you that nobody in our office has any special need to take yours.
Anything mailed to your attention would have been forwarded, but if it was mailed to the org's attention it would have been put among the org's things.
We get dozens of promotional tchotchkes from dozens of companies like and including Miracle, week in and week out, so getting another one wouldn't have attracted any special attention. Later this week I'll look through the stuff that we've received recently to see if any of it should rightfully be considered yours.
Regards,
[Aether]
[Aether],
I would appreciate it if you read my email more carefully. Miracle said they sent me a GIFT not a PROMOTIONAL ITEM.
Have you asked anyone yet if they stole it? I want the person who stole it to be held responsible.
[Barb]
[Barb],
Companies like Miracle sell promotional items, so they typically send samples of these promotional items to prospective customers. I'm sure they intended it as a "gift," but it was probably a promotional item like a stress puff because that's Miracle's line of business. They're hoping you'll like it enough that you'll want to order more.
As I mentioned below, I'll see what we've received recently.
Regards,
[Aether]
[Aether],
When you find it be sure to find out who is responsible for stealing it.
I look forward to your report.
[Barb]
[Aether],
When were you planning to get back to me on the item below?
You said that you will be presenting a report.
[Barb]
[Aether],
I have not yet received the report you promised. Please re-send.
[Barb]
[Barb],
Sorry for the slow response, I was addressing other matters.
In our bin-o-tchotchkes we have:
15 Steel Promotional Pens
8 Plastic Promotional Pens
38 stress-relief puffs of various sizes and shapes.
12 keychains, 4 of which are high-quality (steel, looks like), and the rest plastic
2 Miniature flashlights
8 Mountain-climber clasps (I don't know the technical name for them)
1 Globe that opens up into a container, with a big star over Texas that acts as a hinge.
22 Swiss Army knives (about half "official Swiss Army", the rest knock-offs)
4 Calendars (one tear-off, the rest wall calendars)
7 Day-Planners
2 Plastic things shaped like a number "1" that serve no immediately obvious purpose but say "Your company name here" in the middle of the "1"
So, take your pick.
Which shall I send over?
[Aether]
[Aether],
Which one is the gift that miracle sent me?
And who stole it? Are you going to hold them accountable?
[Barb]
[Barb],
I don't know which is the one Miracle sent you...none of them mention you name specifically. But, if you're a gambling person, I'd put about 3-1 odds on it being a stess puff. I would also put odd 119-1 odds against my staff stealing anything, seeing as there are 119 other items that could be acquired without resorting to larceny.
Furthermore, these are just the tchochkes that have come to the attn of nobody in particular.
Most of the staff gets plenty such items sent to them directly, and companies like Miracle would be happy to send us a boxfull of 'gifts' if we call and ask nicely.
Best,
[Aether]
[Aether],
I don't want just any thing you pull out of your box, I want the gift that Miracle intented for me.
And I don't appreciate your cavalier attitude towards theft of client property on your premises.
Send me the Texas globe and the number "1" and I will drop this discussion since you have already taken the side of people with no regard for property, gifts, etc. I am getting nowhere with you.
I will instruct Miracle never to send anything to you again.
[Barb]