Do you ever just want to tell people where to shove it?

[EthansMama]

I work for a non-profit. There have been internet and snail mail chain letters concerning us circulating for YEARS. It is on our national website that it's not true, it's on our local chapter website that it's not true, however, it just won't go away.

So I just checked my work email (yes... on a Sunday afternoon!) and there is an email chewing my organization out saying that they can't believe that we would spam people before we help someone! I guess they are considering the chain letter as spam. She said that if she did not hear back today she was going to notify a local news station. Ok, first of all to get my email address she would have to go on our chapter website. Second, in big bold letters there is a link that says "CHAIN LETTER HOAX"

I emailed her back and gave her the direct link that tells her it's not true and told her that as a matter of policy we do not participate in things like that. It was hard to be nice though! UGH!

[Admin shilton]

That would be tough. I once worked answering phones in a company that installed phone systems. There was a long distance carrier in town by the same name and we (I) constantly had to take calls from angry people wanting their name off our call list. I could never convince them it wasn't our company doing it.

[EthansMama]

We actually have people who will call random people PRETENDING to be us! We don't do any sort of phone solicitation, so it is never us. I had one person call me last week totally ticked off because the person who had called her said "What? You don't want to help dying children?" It was HORRIBLE! She was very nice once she realized that it was not us calling and she is helping us submit a complaint to our national office for follow up. It is amazing what some people will do though!

[Megmul]

Maybe it would be better if she would contact the news. Then maybe you could get some help investigating who is doing this and put a stop to it!

[EthansMama]

Unfortunately there is no stopping it. There have been news reports about it, but it hasnt' really helped. It is overseas now. This particular chain letter has been circulating since 1989. It's just a part of my job that I deal with everyday. And this one made me so mad because it's like we were doing something wrong!

[nurscindi]

Do you ever just want to tell people where to shove it?

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Yup...frequently, and I do lots of times too :D

[joxcermom]

Once my middle DS was working at Micky d's part time in High School and he had a bear of a manager who told him he could make my son do anything he wanted to as long as he was wearing his uniform.....so koda dropped trou and took off his shirt on the spot- I was so proud! course I'm glad he had a long t shirt on!

[Megmul]

Once my middle DS was working at Micky d's part time in High School and he had a bear of a manager who told him he could make my son do anything he wanted to as long as he was wearing his uniform.....so koda dropped trou and took off his shirt on the spot- I was so proud! course I'm glad he had a long t shirt on!

That is so awesome. You raised that kid well!

[salQgal]

Yup...frequently, and I do lots of times too :D

Nurscindi
I want to be you when I grow up!!! I love your attitude. :D

Sal

[nurscindi]

LMAO i'm cracking up over here....Trust me Sal...You don't want to be me, I got issues you can't possibly imagine lol...and that "attitude" that you love so much...has gotten my butt in trouble more times than you can imagine :rolleyes:

[marykayeoa]

Yup...frequently, and I do lots of times too :D


I feel like that half of the time. If it's really warranted, I will tell them. I do have an attitude and I know how to use it. Once this pip-squeak got all over me about something he heard me say. Well, the circumstances under which I spoke were unknown to him, and I let him have it. Needless to say, he avoided me for two weeks until he got a stain on his shirt and sheepishly asked how to get it out. Shout wipes to the rescue. A week later, another stain, another Shout wipe. Finally he handed me $10 and asked me to pick up a couple for him. I picked up 2 for him, one for me, used my coupons, and kept the change.

I feel for you - most of the e-mail chains I get are hoaxes and I always check them out before I pass them on.

[CBella]

I work for a non-profit too and sometimes you don't get any respect!! One day a gentleman made a request for something we could not grant I let him down gently and he had a fit putting his hand in my face and the whole deal. He came in the next day to ME and proceeded to tell me how he was in yesterday and this awful, wretched, mean lady treated him like pond scum and on an on. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ME! So I said "We get complaints about that girl all the time, I don't know what her problem is. She must deal with too many difficult people on a daily basis." and I reinforced the guidelines as I did the day before. He never realized I was ME.

This one happens to me monthly:confused:

[GoNooshBird]

CBella, what a hoot!!! You get the award for quick-thinking!

[IshaMarie]

My whole life I have worked for the government either Local or Federal... and my favorite line when someone didn't get their way was some variation of this... "I'm going to have your job, You work for me, I PAY YOUR SALARY!!"

Those people made me crazy and I would have loved to give them a piece of my mind... Instead though I use to always just smile real big, hand them my supervisors card and tell them in a dripping sugary sweet voice to have a nice day! Always made them even madder!

[Breeze]

Do I want to? Yes!!!

Do I do it? Not usually. I usually try to put myself in the other's persons shoes and rationalize it down. (some sort of conflict avoidance on my part?)

When someone has done something to one of my children though, all bets are off.

[Sue]

Usually at least once a week!