Yo' Mama... Writes the Best Butt-Kickin' Letters
This week's Last Day Email is a little bit different from our usual fare. For one thing, it was written by a mom to her grown-up daughter. And instead of saying "good-bye" to a workplace, it's more of a warning that if the grown-up daughter doesn't get her shit together, she'd end up at her current workplace for the rest of her life.
Mothers!
They have such a knack for rubbing you the wrong way, in order to guide you the right way!
When the Administrative Staff Peaces Out, Punctuation Takes a Backseat
Here is a Last Day Email from an administrative staff member at a New York law firm who is leaving the law to work, client-side, for a bank (envious much, litigators?). And although the message itself is calm and subdued, the punctuation is unbelievably punishing. So much so, that it makes you wonder, "Hey, is this person f*cking with me?" That kind of ambiguity is, of course, a hallmark of a great, passive-aggressive, "up yours," kinda departure email.
Without further ado:
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