A few days ago I emailed everyone in my address book that I am moving internet provider and asked them to use the new email address that was indicated in the body of the mail. Before pressing the send button, I contemplated on the content that I wrote and decided to add that my home address and telephone number remain the same. I thought that the last sentence will seal the deal and that everything will be crystal clear. Wrong wrong wrong.
The responses that I got were unbelievable and made me wonder and reevaluate people's intelligence a new. I had underestimated intelligence in some and overestimated on others based on my cliche and perjudiced perceptions. I have sworn, never again! Let me share a few answers:
The first group was the one that English is their second langauge and they are not very fluent in it, but get by. All of them understood exactly what I was talking about. They immediately emailed me on the new address to acknowledge receipt.
Another group that English is their mother tongue asked me where I was moving to? An English lady who claims to have a degree from Oxford wanted to know where can she meet me when she gets here end of July, if not in my old house??
A marketing director at another firm wanted to know where our offices are moving to? Another one asked me what happens with the current email address. The winner was the one who was glad to hear from me and wanted to invite us to dinner soon. And ofcourse I said yes!
My favorite answer came from a favorite friend who wished me good luck in the moving process (which I need desperately, because the move is far from smooth). She also said that she was glad that we were only moving in cyberland and not into another land, because she would have terribly missed me. This is the kind of answer that I strive to deliver everytime that something comes up.
3 comments:
I,m having the same problem in everyday life comunicating with people/humans/friends/lumps of flesh n bone(not much education(i,m self taught))Is this the measuring process?
I found the non-english speaking group most interesting...I do not speak any other language apart from my own....but have realised in most other EU languages the phrases are backwards ie; i went to the shop to buy some wisdom!maybe read as i bought some widom when I went to the shop;)
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