Ok, so I’m being a little facetious with the title statement of this post. I have to deal with a great deal of BS at my job. I work as an office assistant in a parking office. On a college campus. A trades college no less.
I have to deal with people at the window, on an intercom, I get to take most of the phone calls and emails. I decided to post an exchange I had with one of these delightful creatures via email. This one is a student.
To call this guy a “douche” would be an insult to douches everywhere. They, at least, are useful. They exist to serve a purpose.
This idiot does not.
I have changed the names and taken out any identifying parts and replaced them with my generic capital letter words. Anything in brackets ( ) will be my own comments. Believe me, I have plenty of commentary that I was unable to pass on to this idiot because it would be unprofessional and may in fact come back to bite me later.
From: Idiot [im-an-idiot@idiotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 9:57 AM
To: MY WORK EMAIL
Subject:
Hello. I will be attending SCHOOL from Feb 8 through to mid April. I would like to purchase a monthly pass but am having trouble locating rates. Am I able to use the new lot (underground) and if so what are the rates and how to I pay? (HOW TO YOU PAY? WELL, I TON’T KNOW) Can I do it online yada yada. (YOU FORGOT THE 3RD YADA. JEEZ, IF YOU’RE GOING TO RIP OFF A POP CULTURE SAYING, DO IT RIGHT.)
Thanks
Idiot
From: MY WORK
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:53:29 -0700
To: Idiot<im-an-idiot@idiotmail.com>
Subject: RE:
Good morning; (MY ATTEMPT TO BE COURTEOUS. WHAT A MISTAKE THAT WAS)
All passes for our lots must be purchased in person at the parking office with a valid SCHOOL Id and credit card.
Unfortunately, (SEE, I EXPRESSED REGRET. WHICH I DIDN’T EVEN FEEL. I WAS FAKING IT, AND LIKE ALL MEN, HE DIDN’T KNOW) we do not sell passes for the underground to students. Staff are the only ones eligible for a pass in that lot. There is daily parking on the top level for 12$ a day.
We have P1 and P3 passes available however if you would be interested in purchasing one. (I GAVE HIM OTHER OPTIONS. I DIDN’T JUST SHATTER HIS DREAM AND WALK AWAY.) We do sell our passes on a calendar month basis.
Thank you;
MY FABULOUS SIGNATURE