Merry Holidays
12/24/07 Filed in: Hoohaw
Many of you are on our mailing list. Many of you have
changed your email addresses since joining our
mailing list. Many of you received this year's
Extravagant Holiday Card. Many of you did not. For
the did nots, please see below, and take a moment to
send us an updated address.
Now then: You'll remember that Chet, our long-serving intern, left us in June for "greener pastures". Literally, greener pastures: He's now the second-in-command at a farming co-op in Guatemala. Coffee beans and sorghum. In the intervening months, while I was away, our office manager Carolyn hired a new guy, some one who could fill Chet's shoes and perhaps improve those areas in which Chet was lacking. (That's a lot of leeway, Chet having average sized feet and a healthy dose of ineptitude). Kevin and Jimbo, our tech guys, introduced me to him on conference call: "Doug, this is Lenny; Lenny, this is Doug, your boss. Go away now." I was glad to hear that we'd found somebody, and thought no more about it, confident that the floors of the Compound would once again be polished to a high gloss, and that the pool would be kept at a constant temperature. December rolls around, Jimbo sends me the draft of the Extravagant Holiday Card, and I approve it. Kevin sends it out. Last night, I get an email from Carolyn, asking why they didn't pass it along to her for approval. No big deal, I write, it looks fine. Well, one thing, she writes: The new kid's name is Larry. Larry, not Lenny.
Look, I can't be expected to keep track of this stuff. Kev and Jimbo obviously thought his name was Lenny, and have been calling him Lenny since day one, and when he was introduced to me, Lenny/Larry didn't correct them. So, I ask you, how'm I supposed to know?
If you have received one of our Extravagant Holiday Cards, or if you download said card, do us all a favor and dab a little white-out over the "enn' and change it to "arr", okay? Good help is hard to find.
Enjoy the holidays.
Now then: You'll remember that Chet, our long-serving intern, left us in June for "greener pastures". Literally, greener pastures: He's now the second-in-command at a farming co-op in Guatemala. Coffee beans and sorghum. In the intervening months, while I was away, our office manager Carolyn hired a new guy, some one who could fill Chet's shoes and perhaps improve those areas in which Chet was lacking. (That's a lot of leeway, Chet having average sized feet and a healthy dose of ineptitude). Kevin and Jimbo, our tech guys, introduced me to him on conference call: "Doug, this is Lenny; Lenny, this is Doug, your boss. Go away now." I was glad to hear that we'd found somebody, and thought no more about it, confident that the floors of the Compound would once again be polished to a high gloss, and that the pool would be kept at a constant temperature. December rolls around, Jimbo sends me the draft of the Extravagant Holiday Card, and I approve it. Kevin sends it out. Last night, I get an email from Carolyn, asking why they didn't pass it along to her for approval. No big deal, I write, it looks fine. Well, one thing, she writes: The new kid's name is Larry. Larry, not Lenny.
Look, I can't be expected to keep track of this stuff. Kev and Jimbo obviously thought his name was Lenny, and have been calling him Lenny since day one, and when he was introduced to me, Lenny/Larry didn't correct them. So, I ask you, how'm I supposed to know?
If you have received one of our Extravagant Holiday Cards, or if you download said card, do us all a favor and dab a little white-out over the "enn' and change it to "arr", okay? Good help is hard to find.
Enjoy the holidays.
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