[Magdalen] Oops! Pleas, take two!

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Of course you have!  Of course you have!

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 2:41 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> It took three seconds to scrawl that note,
> and
> .
> .
> .
> .
> what I have written,
> I have written.
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 2:35 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In one instance you were dealing with a minimum wage clerk whose job is
> to
> > tally the gift and move on. Your note, if it was even read, received no
> > attention because that's not his job, and for three dollars an hour, he
> > don't do nuttin he don't have to.
> >
> > In the other instance, your donation may have triggered an automatic
> > response calculated by their bean counters to get the maximum return.  I
> > just keep tossing them into the recycling bin next to my chair. Along
> with
> > the others.  It is not going to stop until we die, so we may as well make
> > some peace with it.
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 2:15 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I sent a note to Episcopal Relief & Development mid-December,
> > > telling them it would be my last check.
> > >
> > > I'd received NINE pleas by US mail since November 1st,
> > > more than one a week.
> > > Didn't even count the emails.
> > >
> > > I don't want to fund their post office account!
> > > -M
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > In my other email account this morning 35 out of 50-some messages
> were
> > > > end-of-year pleas for money!
> > > >
> > >
> >
>