Dear So and So

[Eden]

Dear guy in the pick up truck yakking on the cell phone. I really did not need to see you kill that poor little dog. If you had been %^&*# paying attention to driving you would not have hit him. I was behind you and had plenty of time to see what was happening. What if next time its a little kid that runs out into the street instead of a little dog. Hang up and pay attention or get out from behind the wheel.

[BikeDutchess]

Dear famous surgeon,

We traveled 7 hours each way for this 3-month post-surgical check-up, and incurred hotel expenses as well. We were on time for our 10:30 appointment. Making us wait two-and-a-half hours in the waiting room, another 45 min in the exam room, and then breezing in for a 2 minute "fly-by" visit without even an apology for the long wait is very annoying. I know you're considered one of the "gods" who invented this procedure, and that you probably got stuck in the OR, and we are truly grateful for the good outcome of our child's surgery, but some acknowledgement of the value of our time would have been appreciated. We probably could have phoned this one in and saved ourselves a lot of time and money.

[Biciclista]

Dear famous surgeon,

We traveled 7 hours each way for this 3-month post-surgical check-up, and incurred hotel expenses as well. We were on time for our 10:30 appointment. Making us wait two-and-a-half hours in the waiting room, another 45 min in the exam room, and then breezing in for a 2 minute "fly-by" visit without even an apology for the long wait is very annoying. I know you're considered one of the "gods" who invented this procedure, and that you probably got stuck in the OR, and we are truly grateful for the good outcome of our child's surgery, but some acknowledgement of the value of our time would have been appreciated. We probably could have phoned this one in and saved ourselves a lot of time and money.

holy cow. I hope you complained somewhere else.

[lph]

Oh Eden

[lph]

I was clearing out some files at work (yes, I did have better things to do, but we were alle ordered to) and came across the following little gem I wrote back in 2001. I'm tooting my own horn here, but I found it pretty darn funny

It's in reply to a snotty note from the publishers of a computer magazine ("CM"):

"Re: unpaid CM subscription

In a letter dated Feb. 26th, you refer to our "delinquent account", as you call it, as we haven't paid for our subscription yet. You also write: "When you ordered CM, we accepted your word that you would pay your bill." I might point out that when we ordered CM, we accepted your word that you would actually deliver the magazine. So far we have not received a single regular issue, and your threat of not sending any more issues is hardly alarming.

What we have received is the trial issue we ordered last November. After two follow-up emails. In January. I presume that the point of a trial issue is to let readers decide whether or not they want a continued subscription. Sending no less than two requests for payment before the trial issue has even arrived is a bit excessive. Your claiming that you have sent four unanswered requests for payment when we in fact have emailed you twice, is downright annoying.

In spite of all this, we do actually want a subscription for CM. As we wrote to you in December, we will pay the bill in full as soon as we receive our first regular, somewhat current issue."

[Aggie_Ama]

Dear Co-Workers,

Yes I know when someone takes vacation you have to do extra work. Yes I know it sucks. We all do it and we all make it, don't make people feel like crud because they are taking a well deserved vacation. I did your work when you took a week off so don't complain for a month before my week off it just makes you look like a self centered brat!

Thanks,
A Willing Team Player

[Zen]

In other words, "this is how it is. Deal with it" and be thankful you have a job