Thank you. Thank you very much.
Posted: October 27, 2006 Filed under: Uncategorized 4 Comments »Halloween is almost here. So, as is traditional in the U.S. of A. in the 21st century, it’s time to think about Thanksgiving.
As I ran on the eliptical machine today at the gym, I perused the latest Woman’s Day. No, not my regular read. There was an article that talked about how to thank people for different things they’ve done for you. For instance, send a thank you note to the teacher who did something special for your kid. Okay. No need to send a gift if a stranger is kind. Okay…. Don’t go to a dinner party empty handed. And call the next day to thank. And it really said this…”The worst sound the day after a party is silence.”
Yikesorama.
Do I really need a magazine to tell me this stuff? Is there a person alive who needs this kind of information? Seriously! Name one person who doesn’t know this.
Observation #2. This issue is the same as the last time I read a Woman’s Day. Or a Ladies Home Journal. Or a thousand others. What, do they have a shared content deal that rotates in a 3 month schedule?
Off the magazine rant. Back to Thanksgiving. I am grateful for lots and lots of things. I hope that I express it all year. But if I’ve missed something or someone – thanks for everything! I plan to give some thought to what I’m most grateful for this year… (can you say Thursday Thirteen?)….
Our work lunchroom has those same magazines, circa 1999. Same asinine articles then as now, but still I’ll flip through them in a fit of boredom.
Oh, and thank YOU.
You say “Name one person who doesn’t know this…”
Perhaps we all know it, but what percentage of people act on it? I am always shocked at how many people do not do simple things like RSVP or say thank you after a party!
By the way… thank you!
In most articles, the “tips” are common sense that everyone should know anyway.
Actually, to me, the worst sound the day after a party is the phone ringing off the hook while I’m trying to clean up.