We just received an invoice in the mail from our new landlord for 1 cent.

Yes, someone actually put a 39 cent stamp on a 10 cent envelope containing a 3 cent piece of paper printed on using 60 cents of labor not to mention the operating cost of the laser printer.

Wow.

My former employer must be really hard up for American Dollars. They’re now trying to sell stuff off that they didn’t even pay for. Below is an e-mail from the CEO’s assistant that was recently sent to all employees:

We have a cute, lighted, Christmas reindeer for sale. Must be out of the office by tomorrow.

$20.00

First come, first serve.

Hurry and hit your reply button!

If you remember, I bought that reindeer whilst in the throws of a Christmas decoration arms race with the web development department. Of course, we were the undisputed winners.

Due to restrictions in vehicle load capacity on my last day there, I left lucky behind to shine another day. Apparently he has been shined on.

Bye bye Lucky! Thanks for the memories!

If anyone is still wondering what to get me for Christmas, I would like this to put in my window.

Fragile! Must be Italian!

I ordered an RV backup camera to replace the one that was stolen while it was in storage(!), and five days after I ordered it they sent me an email saying that they couldn’t fulfill my order. I perceived their email as basic insincere form letter stuff, here is what it said.

Hello,
We apologize in the delay in notifying you.
We are unable to process your order at this time.
Our site is being redesigned at this time to reflect current inventory.
We have cancelled your order below.
We have NOT charged your credit card.
We apologize for the inconvenience.

Electronets.com STAFF

Because I was annoyed at their delay in not notifying me very quickly that they weren’t able to fufill my order, I sent them an email stating my annoyance. The strongest words I used were “Thanks for nothing.” and “I’ll be sure not to order anything from your company again.”

I realize that I’m just being an ass. I’ve been cranky lately for some reason and just looking for an argument. Here was their reply to that email, which I really didn’t even expect.

You are welcome. Obviously not too intelligent though… we were genuinely apologetic and this is what we get from you.
You are trash.

Electronets.com STAFF

I responded to inform them that I’d post their response on my blog for all to see, and here was their response to that.

Yes, and we will be happy for you. Make sure you post the fact that you obviously didn’t read our policies regarding our website that you agreed to.

Good day !

I tried to send them a response, but oddly enough my mail is being rejected by their SMTP server now. I sent my reply through another account, but that was also a no-go. All I wanted to do was explain the difference between libel and slander, since there seemed to be some confusion on the meanings of each.

I don’t know which policy they’re referring to which would prevent me from letting them know that I was annoyed. Unless maybe I didn’t read it closely enough and it read, “We don’t have your camera”. I know I would’ve remembered reading that part. So that can’t be it.