Thursday, November 1, 2007

Open letters*

Dear People Who Created This Spreadsheet,

Thank you so much for doing this research and categorizing it. I really appreciate that you have made it so much easier for me to WRITE AN ENTIRE WEBSITE in a month. Really, I do. But I do have one little thing to quibble about. You realize that my research process involves highlighters and printouts, right? So telling me the Adobe Acrobat page number DOES NOT HELP. Could you not have just LOOKED AT THE PAGE and written down the ACTUAL page number of the document, so that I would know where to look without having to open the PDF again and skip to the stupid page number that you listed? It's page 74, NOT page 24, because this PDF starts on page 50, and no it is not my fault that the other one has five unnumbered intro pages that are throwing the page numbers off. Please pay attention to what you're doing in the future or else the time that you spent trying to streamline this process will have gone to waste.

Love,
Your Angry Bitter Friendly Web Writer


Dear Weather,

It is November. NOVEMBER. So why is it 70 degrees out? Why did I eat lunch on our rooftop deck in my thin three-quarter sleeve sweater and actually feel hot? Don't you know that I have an array of warm sweaters and tweedy skirts, not to mention a shiny new pair of knee-high boots, waiting for me on the floor of my apartment in the closet? Please get back to our regularly scheduled fall weather, stat.

Love,
Jess


Dear DC Bus Riders,

I know that the bus is crowded in the morning. But let's face it, most of you are just on the bus to ride the three blocks to the Metro because you don't feel like walking. So the least you could do when you face the injustice of having to ride those three blocks standing up because all the seats are taken is to move to the back of the bus when you board. Do you realize that when you all crowd near the front door, the driver thinks the bus is full and doesn't stop for more riders? And some of us actually take the bus all the way to our offices, which means that if we miss the bus, the consequence is not just a quick walk to the Metro but actually being late for work. Please get a clue.

Love,
Jess


*Blogging Barbie gave me the idea for this with an open letter post a while back, so I can't take credit for it.

9 comments:

  1. awwwww, i feel so loved!

    boooo summer weather in NOVEMBER. (remember the post where i sent letters to mamma natche and father time? hehe.)

    have a great day m'dear :)

    xoxo, bb

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  2. that's annoying about the bus! people can be so inconsiderate.

    and the geese attack? not so much fun... :(

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  3. Ha! That sucks about the bus... I used to ride it and high school and I could have written a whole mess of letters.

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  4. Oh, that work stuff SUCKS. I can't imagine trying to write AND ORGANIZE a web site.

    We've had goofy weather, too. Mid-60s in the daytime, only to wake up the next morning to snow. Weird.

    People on the buses and Metro that refused to move past the door used to drive me freakin' batty. And those riders that must get out of their window seat NOW in case they miss their stop. You'll have time. Relax, already!

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  5. I love the open letter idea. I need to do that soon. I have quite a few bones that need picking ;)

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  6. I am more than OK with the mild fall weather! :)

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  7. I like the letters too. I HATE HATE HATE that PDF page numbering thing and don't even get me started on the weather.

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  8. Gosh, the bus woes sound awful! I would be OUTRAGED if I saw a bus zoom past me with a pack of annoying suits squished up in the front.

    Sheesh! I'm really hung up on this!

    Jamie

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