Thursday, February 02, 2006
You think you know someone...
We’re hosting a barbecue this weekend (why wait till summer?) and inviting various coworkers. It’s a great way to get to know them better in their “natural environment”. In captivity we all have our professional faces on. It’s interesting to see how they are “in the wild”.
I sent out an invitation a couple weeks ago. I had attended a little bar gathering before, organized by my supervisor (a cool guy by the way, for a supervisor). Definitely not my scene (I drank water all night and played pool, occasionally going outside to gulp some clean air), but the banter was fun (when you could hear it over the deafening music). I made sure I included the attendees of that gathering in my invitation distribution.
Yesterday I sent out reminder email to everyone. A few minutes after sending out the reminder, I get a call from one of recipients:
Him: Hi, can I talk to Joe?
Me: Uhh… no, but you can talk to me.
Him: Joe [my last name]?
Me: My name isn’t Joe.
Him: [silence] ... Ohh I’m sorry! I’m real bad with names.
He then says he was trying to figure out who’s party this was. Now, I had met this guy at the bar gathering and he was very outgoing and friendly (and plastered by the time I left). I thought he would be make a fun addition to the barbecue dynamic. He had already accepted the first invitation. How many party invitations does this guy get, and am I really that forgettable? My other point of contention was he had obviously gotten my name off the email, which included my extension number. It is clearly spelled there and since when does a Z sound like a J?
Okay that’s fine, people make mistakes, especially if they’re scatterbrained party animals who are bad with names. I let it go. But TODAY! Today I get an email from him:
Hi Joe!
Can you please resend the invitation, I lost the address. Thanks!
Dude, what is wrong with you?? First of all, I sent a reminder email with the address just yesterday, do you have Inbox clutter issues or something? And even if you deleted the message, it should still be in your Deleted folder. That’s what it’s there for, dumbass. And what’s with the “Joe” again? Even my corporate email address clearly states that my first initial is a Z, where the hell are you getting Joe from? I forgave you the first time, but this time you are officially a MORON.
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