Work has provided us with many moments of laughter. This time around I have found myself at a crossroads. I’m stuck on the corner of laughter and befuddlement. Now, I’ve seen this little “dew-hickey” here and there but it wasn’t until yesterday that I really rationalized how ridiculous this request was.
At the end of every week they send out the Company news letter. (I never read it, ever.) Last week Friday they sent the news letter and for some dumb reason I chose to read this feckless document to see what it was all about. So I read…I read…and I read. It was the most counter-productive action I carried out all week! So while going over the last paragraph I receive another email from the sender of the newsletter containing the following text:
“Please Disregard Company Newsletter Dated 4/4/08.”
WHAT?!?! Sir, sir, HOW am I to simply forget about something you JUST sent to me, not only that, I am STILL reading it. Listen here folks, when I tell you I was borderline PISSED, I mean it. It just really came up as a red flag to me…that is a ridiculous request.
So that was my first run in with the “Please Disregard” shite. Monday as I’m thinking about how abso ridic it was, the office phone rings from some random 954 area code. So I pick up with my usual greeting and the conversation went a little something like this:
Random Southern Male (RSM) – Hello, please may I speak to a Mister Matthew Thatcher?
Musin – Sorry sir, there is no one at this office by the name. Are you looking for an employee of the [Insert Company Name here]?
RSM- Oh no! I seem to have reached you in error, *Please disregard this PHONE CALL*
HOW?! I am STILL on said phone call. I am hearing you now, you didn’t even end the call yet BUT somehow you expect me to actually forget it ever happened? This doesn’t sit too we’ll with me. Somebody explain to me (right now) how this ludicrous response became so popularized in the professional field.
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Musin, we’ve had this discussion. This disregard gene is pre-determined. You either have it or you don’t. Right now, I’m totally disregarding this comment…
Ummm, please disregard this post.
Abso Hilare Management
*Note From Management*
Please disregard the above comments posted by usernames V. Clev & Whitney. That is all.
P.s. Whit, have you ever heard the word FAIL before? Have you? That comment of urs, FAILURE. FAIL! (We run a tight ship here @ AH.)
Best Regards,
-”The Muse.” (This does not work for me one bit, nope, but I’m stickin’ to my guns here.)