Weeks fly by. Â I can’t believe it’s Dec 1. Â At least I can console myself by opening the first door of my advent calendar! Â I should get my tree up soon. Â I keep wondering if I could somehow invite people over, ply them with booze and get them to decorate it for me? Â Of course being the anal retentive type I’d find fault in their work and then I’d have to do it myself!
I have to get up real early tomorrow. Â I don’t want to!
Oh, I passed a lead to a sales guy at my old company today and he wrote me a thank you note that went like this:
Donna,
You are the best…..thanks for thinking of me. How was your Thanksgiving? Hopefully you enjoyed the time off with the family (oh wait…..time off from what ? Joking of course…..that was a an unemployment joke…..pretty sure those are really not that funny….you know how I do……nothing is sacred……here you are being super nice and here I am joking about unemployment……..I really do suck)
Sometimes, guys– simple is better. In this type of situation a two word email would have sufficed. “Thank you!” Consider this a self-improvement exercise.
First, some inconsiderate joker (me) makes a crack about your single female status; now this “associate” of yours jokes about your unemployed status. This isn’t what Christmas is supposed to be about. Sarcasm and cheap shots are just pathetic attempts at humor by people raised on HBO “Comedy” specials. A sincere Merry Christmas to you.
Some people get flustered by unexpected kindness. I think he was flustered and then forgot that he had a delete button.