JHERB Posted January 29, 2012 Group: Senior Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 82 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 789 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 123 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/06/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/23/1971 Share Posted January 29, 2012 As some know, I am the secretary for my church - I also put together a monthly newsletter. I do it like a book so I have to have all the articles before I can even print a page out, plus the titles of the articles and the page numbers are on the front page. On Wednesday night my pastor informed me that a boy was going to have an article about the boyscouts - I emailed his mom and told her that I needed it that night. She emailed me back and said that I would have it later that night. I never got the article. I waited till 5:00 p.m. on Thursday and still no article so I put the newsletter together and on Friday I made copies and took them to the church. (I usually only work on Wed. and Thurs. - however, I worked on Friday because of this.) This morning when we walked into church, the boys mom said, "guess Adam's article didn't make it in the newsletter". I said that I never got it. She said he must have sent it to my other email account. I said, I don't use another email account and my email address is in the bulletins every week and in the newsletter and I also told her that I had emailed her on wednesday and she responded to that email, so she had the correct email address. She then said, "well adam went out of his way to get the article to you and you should have called me saying you didn't get it". Very frustrating - Dean and I ended up walking out of church and we went to a different church that we had visited a few other times. I sent her and my pastor this email: Darlene, I feel this situation with Adams news article needs some clarification. Today before church you approached me with disappointment that the article Adam wrote was not in the news letter suggesting that it was in some way my fault and letting me know that Adam went out of his way to get the article done Wednesday night. As it says in every bulletin and every newsletter the due date is by the 3rd Sunday of every month. In this case that would have been last Sunday. On Wednesday night just after 5:00 pm the Pastor emailed me to let me know that Adam would have an article for the news letter. I emailed you around 6:30 that night to check on the status of the article. You replied shortly before 9 pm that I would receive the article later that night. Unfortunately, the article never arrived. I waited until Thursday at 5pm to layout the newsletter just in case the article showed up but it did not. You said that it must have been sent to my old email account. I have not changed my email for over two years. My email address is posted in the back of every bulletin and news letter not to mention that you corresponded by email Wednesday night so I was pretty sure you had the correct email. I was already gladly willing to accept an article that was 3 or 4 days late but for you to suggest that I should have called you to say I did not get the article is ridiculous. You had my email address. You sent me emails in the past without a problem. You just spoke about this Wednesday night. Why would I think there was a problem with the email? If you were so concerned maybe you should have called me to see if the article arrived. It was reasonable to conclude that the article was not completed and it was not going to be completed for the news letter. For you to imply that it is somehow my fault that Adams article is not in the news letter is ridiculous. Your tone and actions in discussing this was inappropriate. Simply stated, there was a deadline, it was extended, a reminder email was sent and the article still never arrived. Adam’s article will be an insert in next Sunday’s bulletin. Peace and Grace, Jane Thanks for listening - my rant is over now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCE635 Posted January 29, 2012 Group: Junior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 95 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 7 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/14/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) As some know, I am the secretary for my church - I also put together a monthly newsletter. I do it like a book so I have to have all the articles before I can even print a page out, plus the titles of the articles and the page numbers are on the front page. On Wednesday night my pastor informed me that a boy was going to have an article about the boyscouts - I emailed his mom and told her that I needed it that night. She emailed me back and said that I would have it later that night. I never got the article. I waited till 5:00 p.m. on Thursday and still no article so I put the newsletter together and on Friday I made copies and took them to the church. (I usually only work on Wed. and Thurs. - however, I worked on Friday because of this.) This morning when we walked into church, the boys mom said, "guess Adam's article didn't make it in the newsletter". I said that I never got it. She said he must have sent it to my other email account. I said, I don't use another email account and my email address is in the bulletins every week and in the newsletter and I also told her that I had emailed her on wednesday and she responded to that email, so she had the correct email address. She then said, "well adam went out of his way to get the article to you and you should have called me saying you didn't get it". Very frustrating - Dean and I ended up walking out of church and we went to a different church that we had visited a few other times. I sent her and my pastor this email: Darlene, I feel this situation with Adams news article needs some clarification. Today before church you approached me with disappointment that the article Adam wrote was not in the news letter suggesting that it was in some way my fault and letting me know that Adam went out of his way to get the article done Wednesday night. As it says in every bulletin and every newsletter the due date is by the 3rd Sunday of every month. In this case that would have been last Sunday. On Wednesday night just after 5:00 pm the Pastor emailed me to let me know that Adam would have an article for the news letter. I emailed you around 6:30 that night to check on the status of the article. You replied shortly before 9 pm that I would receive the article later that night. Unfortunately, the article never arrived. I waited until Thursday at 5pm to layout the newsletter just in case the article showed up but it did not. You said that it must have been sent to my old email account. I have not changed my email for over two years. My email address is posted in the back of every bulletin and news letter not to mention that you corresponded by email Wednesday night so I was pretty sure you had the correct email. I was already gladly willing to accept an article that was 3 or 4 days late but for you to suggest that I should have called you to say I did not get the article is ridiculous. You had my email address. You sent me emails in the past without a problem. You just spoke about this Wednesday night. Why would I think there was a problem with the email? If you were so concerned maybe you should have called me to see if the article arrived. It was reasonable to conclude that the article was not completed and it was not going to be completed for the news letter. For you to imply that it is somehow my fault that Adams article is not in the news letter is ridiculous. Your tone and actions in discussing this was inappropriate. Simply stated, there was a deadline, it was extended, a reminder email was sent and the article still never arrived. Adam’s article will be an insert in next Sunday’s bulletin. Peace and Grace, Jane Thanks for listening - my rant is over now! Just for you to know Jane. I like you Edited January 29, 2012 by LCE635 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmlusa2000 Posted January 29, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 53 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 823 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 217 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/01/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/13/1981 Share Posted January 29, 2012 awwww, sis. sorry to hear this. I will be praying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHERB Posted January 29, 2012 Group: Senior Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 82 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 789 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 123 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/06/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/23/1971 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 As some know, I am the secretary for my church - I also put together a monthly newsletter. I do it like a book so I have to have all the articles before I can even print a page out, plus the titles of the articles and the page numbers are on the front page. On Wednesday night my pastor informed me that a boy was going to have an article about the boyscouts - I emailed his mom and told her that I needed it that night. She emailed me back and said that I would have it later that night. I never got the article. I waited till 5:00 p.m. on Thursday and still no article so I put the newsletter together and on Friday I made copies and took them to the church. (I usually only work on Wed. and Thurs. - however, I worked on Friday because of this.) This morning when we walked into church, the boys mom said, "guess Adam's article didn't make it in the newsletter". I said that I never got it. She said he must have sent it to my other email account. I said, I don't use another email account and my email address is in the bulletins every week and in the newsletter and I also told her that I had emailed her on wednesday and she responded to that email, so she had the correct email address. She then said, "well adam went out of his way to get the article to you and you should have called me saying you didn't get it". Very frustrating - Dean and I ended up walking out of church and we went to a different church that we had visited a few other times. I sent her and my pastor this email: Darlene, I feel this situation with Adams news article needs some clarification. Today before church you approached me with disappointment that the article Adam wrote was not in the news letter suggesting that it was in some way my fault and letting me know that Adam went out of his way to get the article done Wednesday night. As it says in every bulletin and every newsletter the due date is by the 3rd Sunday of every month. In this case that would have been last Sunday. On Wednesday night just after 5:00 pm the Pastor emailed me to let me know that Adam would have an article for the news letter. I emailed you around 6:30 that night to check on the status of the article. You replied shortly before 9 pm that I would receive the article later that night. Unfortunately, the article never arrived. I waited until Thursday at 5pm to layout the newsletter just in case the article showed up but it did not. You said that it must have been sent to my old email account. I have not changed my email for over two years. My email address is posted in the back of every bulletin and news letter not to mention that you corresponded by email Wednesday night so I was pretty sure you had the correct email. I was already gladly willing to accept an article that was 3 or 4 days late but for you to suggest that I should have called you to say I did not get the article is ridiculous. You had my email address. You sent me emails in the past without a problem. You just spoke about this Wednesday night. Why would I think there was a problem with the email? If you were so concerned maybe you should have called me to see if the article arrived. It was reasonable to conclude that the article was not completed and it was not going to be completed for the news letter. For you to imply that it is somehow my fault that Adams article is not in the news letter is ridiculous. Your tone and actions in discussing this was inappropriate. Simply stated, there was a deadline, it was extended, a reminder email was sent and the article still never arrived. Adam’s article will be an insert in next Sunday’s bulletin. Peace and Grace, Jane Thanks for listening - my rant is over now! Just for you to know Jane. I like you awww thanks LCE - I like you too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHERB Posted January 29, 2012 Group: Senior Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 82 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 789 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 123 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/06/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/23/1971 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 awwww, sis. sorry to hear this. I will be praying. thanks sis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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