| From: | Zixx <t_berghoff@*********.NETSURF.DE> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: E-Card to the DLoH (Updated 5-12) |
| Date: | Sun, 17 May 1998 01:02:39 +0000 |
> At 08:12 PM 5/13/98 +0000, you wrote:
>
> >> Ick. I do hope that bit is rewritten. Perhaps:
> >>
> >> Dear Mike,
> >
> >[snipped *very* polite text]
>
> Thank you. Comes from working in PR and my mother essentially making me
> write thank you notes after recieving any gifts. Hundreds of thank-you
> notes later...
Heh. So I guess by now you have a very hard time saying "thank you". :))
> >Well, I guess I prefere the original text. That's exactly what I'd expect
> >from this list (complete with the "etc., etc" part...).
>
> Maybe it would be more in character with the list, but I don't think it
> shows any real thought or effort. This note is in many ways a PR effort
> for the list, and we ought to present ourselves in as positive a light as
> possible. That means pulling the old suit and tie out of the closet and
> putting them on for a posting.
Zixx don't like PR. :)
> The old version, which I think was just a place holder until something more
> appropriate was written anyway, just isn't something I would send to anyone
> as congratulations. It's lacking in effort and style. It also seems to be
> somewhat disrespectful ("What, you couldn't take five minutes to write a
> proper note to me?") of someone that should have our respect for two
> reasons. One, he's heading up the game that brings all of us disparate
> voices together and more importantly, he's going to be a father very soon.
> While I'd like to be the Shadworun Line Developer (DLoH), I am in no way
> ready to become a father. I have a hard enough time with my cat,
> thankyouverymuch.
Hey, I didn't want to send an impolite note, and I have absolutly no idea
how Mike would react to that, *I* would just prefere to get the "place
holder", as I think it's funnier and more personal. Your text sounds sooooo
much like a PR-congratuation. You know, the stuff you get from your bank on
your birthday. But that's just *my* POV.
> I wrote my little note with three things in mind: it needs to convey our
> best wishes, it needs to be appropriate (i.e. polite) and it needs to be
> brief, since Mike doesn't have a lot of time for e-mail. I think my
> version handles all three of those objectives nicely.
It sure does. (Hey, I didn't mean to bash on your writing-skills! :))
-Z
Tobias Berghoff a.k.a Zixx
ICQ: 9293066
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