Dear Self, You lost your iphone on the sidewalk in the dark. That was not good. On the plus side you didn't lose the two children who you were walking home and our yours. You need to get your work life balance straightened out so things like this don't happen. Signed Self
Dear Awesome college students, Thank you for finding my phone. The lost iphone found sign on your door was adorable. I had to run to class, but will be ordering a nice present to be sent to you as a thank you. Signed, Appreciative Professor
Post by mustardseed2007 on Nov 15, 2017 12:11:47 GMT -5
Dear people who work at my company,
I appreciate the job security, believe me. But please, can we pause in creating actual dangerous problems that common sense should prevent? I'm starting to worry about you.
Signed, In House Counsel who doesn't understand why people don't have sense.
Dear DS,
your birthday cake is going to be ah-mazing! I'm NOT going to tell you anymore. But your'e going to LOVE IT.
Dear PTO We seem to be putting out tons of effort to put on and do these fundraisers but the money we are earning is peanuts. When asked how it compares to previous years and the answer was about the same makes me think something isn't right. I would love to know what the other area schools bring in for their jog-a-thon and cookie dough fundraisers. Parent who is curious about what we are doing wrong.
Dear DH When I said we were at PTO, I was hoping you would stop by to pick DD up like you did last month. You going home again more "me time" and DD going to bed late wasn't cool especially when we got home you just were starting to eat the dinner that I left on the stove for you. Please step up and excuses of you didn't tell me to are getting old Wife
Dear Mrs J (1st grade teacher) I can't wait for PTC in 3 weeks. I have a few things to discuss with you (TAG, reading mix ups, boredom, love of the science stuff). But the most important thing I want to tell you is that DD is actually wanting to go to school which is a complete 360 from last year. See you soon Me
Post by erinshelley21 on Nov 15, 2017 13:08:28 GMT -5
Dear DH, Thank you for pushing me to be the best that I can be and supporting me along the way. Love, your wife PS. 8:15am is a really bad time to call and shoot the shit on your way home from work on MWF. 7:45-8:30 is a shit show around here.
Dear Asshole, Next time you try to come in and "talk" about your commission in a shitty tone, please do some fact checking first and also don't do it while a client of the agency is in the building. Signed, your boss
Post by justcheckingin73 on Nov 15, 2017 14:08:57 GMT -5
We ended up moving our run-a-thon because some parents complained about other fundraisers going on at the same time. These were not school sponsored - Boy/Girl Scouts, karate etc but The other fundraiser we do that brings in a lot of money is a “Taste of schoolname”. There are games and bouncy houses that are run by high school students, lots of food, including authentic Mexican food and it really pulls a lot of people. I’m sure you do similar things but maybe it’s a timing issue?
You need to get it together. I arranged my entire schedule to eat lunch with DD. Instead, I stood in line for 45 minutes and didn't even get up to the serving line. Our time was 11:10. At 11:10, the 10:40 people were being served. Wth happed. Dd was upset, I'm mad and hungry. You can figure something out. Working parents cannot take an entire afternoon off for lunch, especially when times are supposed to be staggered to move things along.
Signed, frustrated that people are not as efficient as I think they should be in life.
Post by traveltheworld on Nov 15, 2017 15:13:43 GMT -5
Dear Home Depot,
It's been 5 weeks and we STILL don't have a quote for our basement flooring. I feel like I need to open a twitter account just so that I can complain about you on social media so that you would pay attention.
Signed, Frustrated customer
Dear Self-Evaluation Assignment,
I have never had to do something this extensive before. I know it's tied to my compensation so I should pay more attention and devote more time to this, but it's so "fluffy"! How do other people do it? I've now spent over 2.5 hours and am only half way done.
Signed, Former BigLaw associate who is missing the simplicity of being evaluated based on billable hours and revenues generated
Dear Self,
The evaluation is tied to your compensation, suck it up and do a good job!
Signed, The person who is renovating her basement and also wants to decorate so needs a lot of cash
Dear School PTA, My working moms have inspired me to vent about this — Asking parents to volunteer on a date is great. But seriously, we need a time. Asking us to sign up and you will provide the time in two weeks is madness. Eff off, I have a career and I bet even moms who don’t work aren’t excited about this as they have lives
Dear DH, I have the beach trip under control. I don’t need you to do anything, freak out about anything, yell at anyone about anything or start “organizing” anything when you get back in town. I do indeed have Friday night plans but am not abandoning the fortieth birthday pjs games evening for one of my oldest friends - who is pregnant - because you are worried. I’m not worried. At all. It’s a four hour drive, the kids are rock stars.
The only wild card is you. You can indeed drive your own car, skip lunch with my sorority sisters and their families in Houston, and freak out all you like. The kids, my mom and I are just excited. Don’t suck the life out of this.
Wife who manages everything and always has and is tired of your stressing out
Post by covergirl82 on Nov 15, 2017 15:51:28 GMT -5
Dear MIL,
Now that you are coming with us to visit SIL for Thanksgiving, and we'll be spending a lot of time in the car, please don't be irritating during the 10-hour (one way) drive(s). Also, don't complain about leaving at 4:30 am because you just have to roll out of bed and get in the car. Once we drive away, you can go back to sleep.
Will you die if I don’t make the mashed potatoes this year? Can my bff make them? Please? Or the carrots? Must I make everything using the exact recipes I’ve been using the last 23 years?
Have a heart. Wife Who Hates Mashing Potatoes and Scraping Carrots
Dear Work:
Enough with the crises. You are killing me. I cannot take any more adrenaline.
Dear alarm clock, Why didn't you go off this morning?! Waking up 45 minutes late after being out of town was NOT how I wanted to start today. Signed, Angry busy mom
Dear Self, You managed to scrounge together a pretty decent lunch, complete with healthy snacks, even when you were running late. So why did you then leave it on the kitchen counter?! After the lackluster breakfast of a small bowl of rice krispies, you could really use those snacks right about now. And now you have to spend money on lunch. Signed, Hangry at myself
I tried to write an open letter to you guys asking for advice on how to handle a situation at work, but I apparently never posted and then I was in my boss's office and just blurted out a few things without thinking them through. I'm relieved to know it doesn't sound like there's anything I need to worry about personally, but I am a bit worried about what it means for my division as a whole, since unless we get our numbers up, my coworker may be at risk.
Signed, Thinking this is a crappy way to head into the holidays.
Dear coworker,
I appreciate that you understand that your position is at risk. But please stop coming to me to (a) try to justify your worth all while (b) trashing my boss, and especially not after (c) you've been attempting for weeks to shore up your standing and reputation at the expense of mine.
Signed, Someone who would prefer to just go back to the topical chit chat.
Post by freezorburn on Nov 19, 2017 23:19:39 GMT -5
Dear XH,
Thanks SO much for letting DS get acrylic paint all over his new khakis. I finally find a pair of pants that he loves to wear, and in under a week, it's ruined. And knowing you, if I ask you to buy him a new pair, somehow I'm going to come out as the bad guy in all of this.
I shouldn't even have to ask.
Sincerely, I don't care what you call me, you still need to be held accountable