Off topic: Weird, unwanted e-Christmas cards from agencies I don't know Thread poster: Tom in London
| Tom in London United Kingdom Local time: 16:53 Member (2008) Italian to English
I have received several e-Christmas cards from agencies I don't know, with whom I have never worked. I must be in their databases. Anyway - Thanks and Happy Christmas, you lovely totally unknown people!! Here is one I received today: Dear Tom, Just a quick email to wish you a relaxing holidays [sic] and best wishes for the New Year! Without you we wouldn't have a business so thank you for your past, present (and hopefully future) c... See more I have received several e-Christmas cards from agencies I don't know, with whom I have never worked. I must be in their databases. Anyway - Thanks and Happy Christmas, you lovely totally unknown people!! Here is one I received today: Dear Tom, Just a quick email to wish you a relaxing holidays [sic] and best wishes for the New Year! Without you we wouldn't have a business so thank you for your past, present (and hopefully future) collaboration, and we look forward to working with you in 2018. Kind regards XXXXX www.XXXX.com XXXXXX 2-4 XXX Street London, WXXXX United Kingdom Tel: XXXX ▲ Collapse | | | Robert Forstag United States Local time: 11:53 Spanish to English + ... My response to the selfsame message | Dec 18, 2017 |
To the unidentified person who sent this message: The one and only job I did for your agency was more than two years ago. If you have no intention to offer me more work, I would prefer that you remove me from your mailing list immediately. Occupying space in a database and never receiving an offer of work is not my idea of "collaboration." Kind regards, Robert A. Forstag, MA ATA-Certified, Spanish-to-English State-Certified Court In... See more To the unidentified person who sent this message: The one and only job I did for your agency was more than two years ago. If you have no intention to offer me more work, I would prefer that you remove me from your mailing list immediately. Occupying space in a database and never receiving an offer of work is not my idea of "collaboration." Kind regards, Robert A. Forstag, MA ATA-Certified, Spanish-to-English State-Certified Court Interpreter - Ohio (Spanish) DELE C-2 (Superior) ▲ Collapse | | | Just like Frank Sinatra | Dec 18, 2017 |
Just as in Frank Sinatra's Christmas song Mistletoe and Holly: Overeating, merry greetings From relatives you don't know
Outsourcers aren't relatives, of course. At least not yours. | | | Mervyn Henderson (X) Spain Local time: 17:53 Spanish to English + ... Quite a feat, Tom ... | Dec 18, 2017 |
... they say they wouldn't have a business without you, yet you've never worked for them. Me, I'd be tempted to reply to them and say, But you do have a business without me. Or you could turn it into an odd kind of marketing opportunity, and add: If you want to have a business with me, here are my rates and conditions and specialist areas.
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With or without Tom, that's the question | Dec 18, 2017 |
Mervyn Henderson wrote: ... they say they wouldn't have a business without you, yet you've never worked for them. Me, I'd be tempted to reply to them and say, But you do have a business without me. Perhaps they have a picture of Tom on the wall, the spiritual encouragement of which makes them have their business. | | | Mervyn Henderson (X) Spain Local time: 17:53 Spanish to English + ...
On the other hand, it could be an elaborate trick to get people to send their CVs. They know that the Dear-translator-we're-expanding-our-database-send-us-your-CV-and-rates format is a dead duck, so they've come up with something more innovative. | | | Ask for a gift | Dec 18, 2017 |
Tom in London wrote: Without you we wouldn't have a business so thank you for your past, present (and hopefully future) collaboration, and we look forward to working with you in 2018. I would have answered that last year they have accompanied their best wishes with a voucher for Amazon and why they didn´t this year ... perhaps it works and they´ll send one ("Sorry, we forgot!")
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