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Call Me!

I always give people the benefit of the doubt. If I take the time to send out a thoughtfully written email and I receive no response I get a slight eye twitch. When I call them to follow up, I usually say something along the lines of, “I’m not sure if you received my email, I sent it about a week ago, but I was wondering…” If they say no, I usually say something along the lines of, “Oh, my email has been acting a little funny.” Now, I’ve got you. Depending on how someone responds to this, illustrates the kind of person they are.

My email works just fine, perfect in fact—and I know it. I’m probably staring at the email in my sent folder and maybe possibly the return receipt. I now know that you have chosen to ignore my email if you say something along the lines of “Yeah, it must have been acting up that day.” No snatch, you ignored my email and I don’t like being ignored. I will not be ignored, Roger.

Ahhh!

I deal with rejection on a day to day basis with my job. I’m pretty comfortable receiving a “no” or a “go away” or my personal favorite, f@#$ off but I’m not paying those people.

With the wedding, I’m paying someone to do their job. Maybe it is an indirect payment but I’m keeping their  company in business and therefore their ass in that seat. So answer my damn email, would you?

Another thing with my job: I’m persistent. Please don’t think by ignoring my email that I’m not going to contact you further. Quite the contrary actually, I might start contacting you more. It is called being efficient. I’m going to call your ass first thing on Tuesday morning after a long weekend. Maybe, if you’ve been real bad, 4:15 on a Friday. I’ve given you a week to answer my inquiry. A week is more than enough time come back from vacation, which by the way is an appropriate response to my trick. A week is more than enough time to get over your dog dying, another forgivable response. A week is more than enough time to wait for your response before calling if, say for instance, your email has been acting funny. If you don’t respond to me, you will see just how efficiently my email works.

I know it may seem a little passive aggressive but I don’t want to go into the red over something that might be a mistake. I will give the offender a little reprieve the first time. People are more willing to work well for a persistent person rather than an angry person. Besides, if they continue to offend, I’m going to need the red. The red is my wild card. If I jump the gun and go directly to screaming bitch, well then, where do I go when it happens again? I could pull back and be a condescending craphead too, but these people are working on our wedding—something I would like to be done well. The last time someone was really condescending to me, my reaction was…well let’s just say it could have been a scene in that movie Waiting. I would not like someone hocking a loogey in my wedding, if you will.

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