Business Christmas Cards, HumbugMonday, December 18, 2006I may be perceived as the Blogging Scrooge after I posting this one. The fear of negative comments will not keep me from sharing a bit of humbug. This Christmas card thing is annoying me this year. What am I talking about? The Christmas cards I get from vendors thanking me for their business. I read the company name and mumble to myself, "Who is this person, I don't even know him." "Thanks for your business and look forward to working with you in 2007?" To my knowledge, I never did any business with this company in 2006 and talking about 2007 is somewhat presumptuous. I know these companies have a lot of cards to send out; however, when the card is hand-written and conveys the wrong message, you just wonder. I can hear Charlie Brown yelling "Doesn't anyone know what Christmas is all about?" After a year of no relationship with a company, despite attempts to throw some business their way, I get this highly personalized communique because it is Christmas. Well, it just doesn't mean much to me. These gold-lined - trendy cards would be best sent to someone else. That being said, I received a really nice card from one of the vendors. The note inside was written by the person with whom I had a business relationship with during the past year. I know this person and the holiday message is appreciated. I didn't throw that one away. I have received cards from vendors for years and let them stack on my desk. When I returned from Christmas holiday they were thrown in the trash. Some of them were unopened. Yikes! This year, I decided to proactively manager clutter. Christmas cards received from people that I do not have a relationship with is a form of spam for me. I already get thousands of spam mails a week. Do I really need more spam coming from snail mail? Humbug, humbug I say. It is all humbug. Labels: Office/Holidays posted at 12/18/2006 08:00:00 AM |
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1 Comments:
Well, your equally-Scroogy wife feels the same way. It ranks right up there with stupid birthday cards from the insurance company (for your CHILDREN, no less!), and those insipid "sending this to All my gooooooooood cyber friends" animated e-cards from someone whose name you swear you've never seen in your life.
:)
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