Ooooh, I've been workin' in an offfice... all the live long days...
I've been writing silly emails... just to pass the time ah-way!
So you know those really annoying advertisements they send you via fax? The "Hey, use our travel agent and get 40% off on ALL cruises, ALL cruise lines!!!" or "Learn to SPEED READ in 3 days or less! Call now to book your class!!!" OMG ELEVENTYONE! Yeah, you know the ones I'm talking about. The ones that have a leeeetle tiny line at the bottom that says "Call here" or "Email at" to "be removed from our future mailings." So, in a gallant battle to not waste paper or ink, you call or email and then you stop getting the annoying faxes... right? Except... it doesn't always work. In this particular instance, I've emailed back and forth with the lady in charge of removing people 7 times now, and we keep getting more of the same exact fax. She's starting to get just as annoyed by it as I am.
So, this morning, when I came in to find yet another fax from them, I ended up writing (but alas, not sending, due to the fact that I'm not representing myself, so much as my company) the email below to her. As it will never be sent to her, I figured I'd share it with you all in the hopes that it might make you smile.
Dear M,
I write, with great regrets, to inform you that we have received yet ANOTHER fax this morning. And though, I truly appreciate our correspondence (verily it is a highlight of my otherwise busy mornings!), I would wish to end the basis for it immediately. Which is to say, really, this needs to stop. I would not speak ill of anyone without having (at the very least!) met them first, but whomever is in charge of updating the fax sending list at your main office appears to be quite content to simply not execute his or her job.
Perhaps it is time to go beyond the route of established protocol and begin some alternative method of communication to finally get the message across- smoke signals perhaps? Singing telegram? Frosted cake message? (Though it phases me somewhat to think of the baker's face when asked for a cake that said "STOP SENDING ME EXTRANEOUS FACSIMILES IMMEDIATELY!) Mayhaps we can do something creative with disappearing ink and neon paper instead? Any suggestions you might have on this matter would be greatly appreciated and promptly acted on.
Again, I appreciate all of your efforts to rectify this situation. You will not, I hope, take offense when I say, I shall appreciate them even more when the situation is actually rectified. With great hopes that I will not be forced to add you to my holiday card list simply because I correspond more with you then I do with my own mother, and many thanks for your continuing efforts, I am,
Sincerely,
Ria
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So you know those really annoying advertisements they send you via fax? The "Hey, use our travel agent and get 40% off on ALL cruises, ALL cruise lines!!!" or "Learn to SPEED READ in 3 days or less! Call now to book your class!!!" OMG ELEVENTYONE! Yeah, you know the ones I'm talking about. The ones that have a leeeetle tiny line at the bottom that says "Call here" or "Email at" to "be removed from our future mailings." So, in a gallant battle to not waste paper or ink, you call or email and then you stop getting the annoying faxes... right? Except... it doesn't always work. In this particular instance, I've emailed back and forth with the lady in charge of removing people 7 times now, and we keep getting more of the same exact fax. She's starting to get just as annoyed by it as I am.
So, this morning, when I came in to find yet another fax from them, I ended up writing (but alas, not sending, due to the fact that I'm not representing myself, so much as my company) the email below to her. As it will never be sent to her, I figured I'd share it with you all in the hopes that it might make you smile.
Dear M,
I write, with great regrets, to inform you that we have received yet ANOTHER fax this morning. And though, I truly appreciate our correspondence (verily it is a highlight of my otherwise busy mornings!), I would wish to end the basis for it immediately. Which is to say, really, this needs to stop. I would not speak ill of anyone without having (at the very least!) met them first, but whomever is in charge of updating the fax sending list at your main office appears to be quite content to simply not execute his or her job.
Perhaps it is time to go beyond the route of established protocol and begin some alternative method of communication to finally get the message across- smoke signals perhaps? Singing telegram? Frosted cake message? (Though it phases me somewhat to think of the baker's face when asked for a cake that said "STOP SENDING ME EXTRANEOUS FACSIMILES IMMEDIATELY!) Mayhaps we can do something creative with disappearing ink and neon paper instead? Any suggestions you might have on this matter would be greatly appreciated and promptly acted on.
Again, I appreciate all of your efforts to rectify this situation. You will not, I hope, take offense when I say, I shall appreciate them even more when the situation is actually rectified. With great hopes that I will not be forced to add you to my holiday card list simply because I correspond more with you then I do with my own mother, and many thanks for your continuing efforts, I am,
Sincerely,
Ria
This entry was originally posted at http://riazendira.dreamwidth.org/66633.html, where there are
comments. Please comment on either journal as you please.