Jul 18, 2006 11:37
To 'exemplify' my point about the retardedness of my family and why I'm glad to not be there:
Donna(the stepmother, to me about the Crooked Lake House website):
I took a little time to review the CLH directions in detail. Oy! (Never let your dad do directions... I-87 WEST???? Again, Oy.) I rewrote them this morning and have attached the Word file. You'll see I added the address and phone number at the top so people have it when they print that page. You'll probably have to play with the formatting a little bit, but I tried to line things up in case it worked for you.
Me(to Donna, CCed to my dad):
I fixed everything you asked for on the site. However, I never recieved your directions attachment. AND even if I had I'm wary about putting up yet another word document. (Since it's Windows specific) If you could get me a PDF version of your files (for the menus, etc.) It would be much better since this is a universal format and our macintosh and linux friendly customers could use our site as well. :) Let me know what you think! - Liz (I'd do this myself but it I don't have the software needed. My dad might? )
My Dad(to Donna):
Do you think that insulting me to my daughter will help any of your relationships?
You really need to let your anger go.
Donna(to me, and my dad):
Liz,
As you can see below, apparently, your father feels that I was insulting him. I think it's too bad that I have to take the time to address this, but I suppose it is necessary. He is cc'd on this so that he gets the information at the same time as well.
In case you don't know, I use "Oy" a lot in my e-mails. Just ask Cathy Hunley. She even uses it back sometimes now! (It's a David Janowerism.)
When I made my Oy statement about the directions, I was not angry, nor was I attempting to be insulting. My comment was meant to be more comical in nature (hence, the "Oy"). To me, an insulting statement about him and the error-ridden directions may have instead been something like, "Your father is such a stupid jerk that he has no idea how to tell people how to get to his own business." Obviously - or at least obviously to me - "Oy" is on a very different level and has a completely different tone than the blatant putdown exemplified above (which I did NOT say in my e-mail to you). Again, I was not angry at the time, although I am disheartened and annoyed at the moment.
The truth is, I don't know if your dad wrote the directions. It is possible that Becky did or someone else, for that matter. I only know that your dad is the Manager and it is his job to make sure that the information regarding the business is accurate. That is why I did not say something like, "The directions your dad wrote are wrong," etc. I would think that directions would be high on his priority list, but perhaps they are not. Perhaps he does not mind that customers and even the lead singer of the Swing Docs have ended up heading the wrong way because they had followed the online directions, which is what had reminded me to ask you to do this in the first place. I was simply trying to help lessen the frustration our customers have expressed to me.
The Word file is attached. Perhaps your father can make it the pdf. format you wanted. Thanks for taking care of this! Glad to hear that you have plenty of friends there to keep you company. Keep in touch and let me know how your grandfather is doing periodically -
Donna
Honestly, WTF???
as an aside, I just got a letter from RIT's grad orientation committee. Can you say screwed? I've never taken a class in C++ or concurrency, let alone simultaneously.
I'll be taking bridge courses for the rest of my natural life. Totally not cool.
I guess I could always do the cop out thing and just get my major in graphics.
Though I enjoy AI and language too. So I'm unsure at the moment. hmmmm.