This happened to a coworker of mine, not me, but I couldn't resist not passing it along.
Our accounts department has five workers (me and four others) plus our boss. One of the tasks that they all do is send out weekly bills and statements to customers - standard stuff. (I don't have customers, but I deal with payments, among other things). When I run out of stuff to do, I help them with the mailout.
Anyway, she told me that if I find more than one bill for any given customer (John Smith or Jane Robinson, etc.), I should not put them in separate envelopes, but stuff one envelope with them all. Naturally, I asked why.
Then she told me that the last time she put two bills in two envelopes for one client, he shouted and complained along the lines of "You sent me TWO envelopes instead of ONE! You're wasting paper!! How dare you not be more environmentally conscious?! YOU'RE RUINING THE PLANET!!!" etc.
So I was unhappy for her, but I couldn't help cracking up. Dude. It's an ENVELOPE. Something that costs all of 10 cents. The planet will be fine. But I think you need a hobby.
Our accounts department has five workers (me and four others) plus our boss. One of the tasks that they all do is send out weekly bills and statements to customers - standard stuff. (I don't have customers, but I deal with payments, among other things). When I run out of stuff to do, I help them with the mailout.
Anyway, she told me that if I find more than one bill for any given customer (John Smith or Jane Robinson, etc.), I should not put them in separate envelopes, but stuff one envelope with them all. Naturally, I asked why.
Then she told me that the last time she put two bills in two envelopes for one client, he shouted and complained along the lines of "You sent me TWO envelopes instead of ONE! You're wasting paper!! How dare you not be more environmentally conscious?! YOU'RE RUINING THE PLANET!!!" etc.
So I was unhappy for her, but I couldn't help cracking up. Dude. It's an ENVELOPE. Something that costs all of 10 cents. The planet will be fine. But I think you need a hobby.
