| 07/10/08 08:12 PM |
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Carl Cole
This is great. Especially compared to an email that the guy organizing my wife's 10 year reunion got. It is long and I apologize for that. But it is so funny I had to post it if for no other reason than to serve as an example of how not to first greet your classmates after a lengthy time apart. So, think of it as a Public Service Announcement...
John,
I have recently been informed that you are in charge of the Class of 1998 reunion. I only heard about it from someone asking my mother if I was attending. So I was wondering why I have to seek you out, to find out about the reunion. Is it not your responsibility to find out were everyone is to tell them about the reunion? How did you expect everyone in the class to find out about the reunion? You could have at least posted it on zillion different internet sites that pertain to reunions or old classmates.... There are some people that do not live in Decatur anymore. Some of us actually didn’t stay in Decatur to marry our high school sweetheart and have 2.4 kids. I travel about 75% of the year in the United States and Europe. So some of us need more than a few weeks notice. You think that you are special because you are the VP of a Bank in Decatur, Alabama.
So what exactly are the plans for the reunion?
Jennifer Stevens RN
Clinical Specialist
TransMedics, Inc.
200 Minuteman Road
Suite 302
Andover, MA 01810
Telephone: 978-552-0931
Mobile: 978-289-8049
Fax: 978-685-9562
jstevens@transmedics.com
AND NOW FOR THE RESPONSE...
Jennifer-
I have copied everyone on our reunion email list onto this email so that everyone will have the pleasure of sharing you pleasant correspondence during this joyful time of our ten year reunion. It is emails like these that make it so rewarding to help with the planning of our reunion. I hope that I am not interrupting your busy schedule especially someone that is so insignificant as me. Attached are all of the names that we have compiled over the last 6 months and are still trying to get everyone's name, such as yours. So look through the names on this email and see if you have been in contact with them and you can also brighten their day as much as you have mine.
Also I would like to address the question that you have brought to my attention:
- I am not sure why you had to seek me out and I wish that you hadn't because we have been using all the means necessary to find out people new addresses and email addresses. A question that I might ask you is, do you keep in touch with anyone on this list? Or are we too insignificant?
- Yes it is partially my responsibility to let everyone know about the reunion however Matt Dukes (Dukes I know that I am throwing you under the bus but bare with me), our President, is really taking care distributing information on the when and where. And I might add that he has done a very good job up until this point.
- As for the statement about the internet....WE HAVE PUT INFORMATION ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT WEBSITES INCLUDING A BLOG. The websites are listed below. Thanks to Allison Sandlin.
- The statement about the living in Decatur, having two kids, and being a VP of a Bank was completely uncalled for and I don't really care what you think about me or my life. However, if you think that marrying someone that I love more that anything in this world and having two of the most beautiful girls every is a bad thing then I am sorry but we have a difference of opinion. Also, if you want to beat me up that is one thing but you leave my family out of it!!! I hope that you find the same happiness because from the anger and frustration that is displayed in the below email it really looks like you need some happiness in your life.
-One last thing, I am not a "VP" just yet I am still stuck on the "AVP" status. I will be sure to let you know when I get my next promotion.
I have plant more that I would like to say but I am pretty sure that the filter on my email would pick it up.
Can't wait to see you at the reunion... more information to follow.
Sincerely,
John, the AVP, 2.4
NOW EVEN I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO MY WIFE'S REUNION.
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