Re: Following Up (Again)
“I hope this email finds you well, though I suspect it will find you the same way my last three emails did — unread.”
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“I hope this email finds you well, though I suspect it will find you the same way my last three emails did — unread.”
“I'm writing to inquire about the deliverable that was due last Tuesday. Or was it the Tuesday before? Time loses meaning when you're waiting.”
“I noticed the slides from yesterday's presentation looked remarkably familiar. Almost as if I'd created them myself. Which, of course, I did.”
“I wanted to flag that the recurring noon meeting does coincide with what some cultures refer to as 'lunch.' Just flagging for awareness.”
“I trust this email finds you well and your accounts payable department equally thriving, despite the apparent hibernation of the past quarter.”
“Thank you for sharing your lunch preferences with all 847 employees. I'm sure the CFO was equally delighted to learn you prefer Thai over Italian.”
“As requested, here is my hourly update. Between 2:00 and 2:15, I breathed approximately 200 times and had one thought about quitting.”
“We received 500 units of what appears to be a product we've never ordered, from a catalogue we've never seen, in a color that doesn't exist in nature.”
“Thank you for the brief. I have a few clarifying questions, specifically regarding the parts between the beginning and the end.”