Within two minutes of this email having been sent to the entire office, I begin to receive the replies to it (as everyone is replying all: .
First isPayroll, Site Management is a close second, but these emails are closely followed by additional emails from my co-workers in Accounts Payable… the theme of all?
“Hey! Did you know we have an outgoing mailbox here in the building???”
At the fourteenth email I simply start deleting the emails with the words “Secure Outgoing Mail”, in the subject line. Perhaps there was a way that they knew this because then I began to have visitors. The sliding doors of my cube began to be repeatedly slammed back as the opening to the excited question,
“Have you heard about the Mailbox???”
I smiled for the sixth person, I looked politely at the seventh, the eighth person happened to be my manager and again, I do like him so I smiled again.
“Have you heard about the mailbox downstairs?”
I sighed, “Yes,” I gestured to my computer screen, “Yes I have.”
He glances over, chuckles and says the unthinkable, “Lets go on a field trip to see it!”
I look at him blankly.
“C’mon!!” he urges.
Ok.
Down the hall, down the elevator and there it still is, the outgoing secured mailbox. A nice little golden plate above the lock advises the contents are picked up at noon and 5:30pm Monday through Friday. We stand there for a moment. I try to think of something to say but for once decide silence is best.
My manager stood with arms crossed and pondered the mail box. I shove my hands in my pockets and shift the weight on my feet…
Silence really doesn't suit me. “So there it is…” I say at last.
“Hm.” He answers thoughtfully.
We go back upstairs after that. Within a minute and a half I get an email from my manager’s manager as follows below:
“Until it can be confirmed outgoing mail is picked up daily from the buildings outgoing mailbox slot, Accounts Payable will continue to hand deliver the company mail every day to the post office.”
First isPayroll, Site Management is a close second, but these emails are closely followed by additional emails from my co-workers in Accounts Payable… the theme of all?
“Hey! Did you know we have an outgoing mailbox here in the building???”
At the fourteenth email I simply start deleting the emails with the words “Secure Outgoing Mail”, in the subject line. Perhaps there was a way that they knew this because then I began to have visitors. The sliding doors of my cube began to be repeatedly slammed back as the opening to the excited question,
“Have you heard about the Mailbox???”
I smiled for the sixth person, I looked politely at the seventh, the eighth person happened to be my manager and again, I do like him so I smiled again.
“Have you heard about the mailbox downstairs?”
I sighed, “Yes,” I gestured to my computer screen, “Yes I have.”
He glances over, chuckles and says the unthinkable, “Lets go on a field trip to see it!”
I look at him blankly.
“C’mon!!” he urges.
Ok.
Down the hall, down the elevator and there it still is, the outgoing secured mailbox. A nice little golden plate above the lock advises the contents are picked up at noon and 5:30pm Monday through Friday. We stand there for a moment. I try to think of something to say but for once decide silence is best.
My manager stood with arms crossed and pondered the mail box. I shove my hands in my pockets and shift the weight on my feet…
Silence really doesn't suit me. “So there it is…” I say at last.
“Hm.” He answers thoughtfully.
We go back upstairs after that. Within a minute and a half I get an email from my manager’s manager as follows below:
“Until it can be confirmed outgoing mail is picked up daily from the buildings outgoing mailbox slot, Accounts Payable will continue to hand deliver the company mail every day to the post office.”
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