Last week I got an email from someone who wanted to sell jewelry at my holiday bazaar.
Um...I don't HAVE a holiday bazaar. I am, however, participating in three of them (and if you're in the Rochester area you can check them out. I've got them listed on my website(s) under Events).
Nowhere in the note was there a nicety like, "could you give me some information (PLEASE)," or "thank you for your trouble." Nope, just "call me at this number."
I emailed her the information I had. I got a note back saying, "the telephone number for this person doesn't work." Not, "could you recheck the number or give me another one?" or "Thank you for your trouble."
Nope. Nothing. I thought twice about answering, but did anyway. (My parents brought ME up right.) And did I hear back from her saying "thank you for your help?"
Nope.
As it happens, it's probably too late for her to rent booth space (I rented mine back in the summer and I've been on their lists for years). She's not selling hand-crafted jewelry, either, so it's not likely they're going to let her in the shows anyway.
But you know -- a please and a thank would would have been nice. After all, these shows are holiday bazaars and aren't we supposed to be nicer to each other during the holidays?
Common courtesy seems to be foreign to most people these days.
More's the pity.
That is my major pet peeve..lack of common courtesy.
ReplyDeleteI had it the other week on a family history website. I got a message saying "I would like you send me all the information you have on xxxxx"
ReplyDeleteI replied that I was really sorry but xxxxx was the husband of a very distant relative and I don't know anything about him except what I found on the census.
The nest reply was "I want to see your family tree and the information you have on xxxxx and when you find out anything more about him email it to me."
I couldn't believe it. No thank you for your reply, just I want, I want.
I'm afraid I wasn't as polite as you, I didn't send another reply to this person.
I totally agree, and sometimes it is soooo hard to be polite to a rude person. The saddest thing is that some people don't even seem to realize they're being rude.
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