Community Chat

[Laura14]

I had to share my laugh with everyone today. I had the best time when my Regional Manager and my Sales Manager came walking into my office completely embarrassed.

Both of them are close to 30 and they were completely embarrassed but professional enough to ask this GenXer how to mail an envelope.

The Sales Manager had written the addressee on the return address corner and left the rest of the envelope blank.

I took one of my premade return company labels and showed him that our address went there as the return and then placed a stamp on the envelope in the other corner because the USPS doesn't deliver for free.

Email free. Paper, not free.

I then saved them a trip to the post office and made their day by telling them to pull out the red flag on our mailbox and that would notify the mail person to pick up their envelope after they addressed it in the middle.

Maybe. I think our mail person is their age since I've had mail sit in our company box even with the flag out from time to time.  

Anyway, you now all owe me your $1.50 per mailing for the twenty minutes of my life I can't get back teaching grown adults how to address an envelope but am having the time of my life chuckling over it.

As I told them, if you don't know, you don't know! Kudos for asking and learning at any age! Some of us older folks need to do the same with tech.   

[Goodie2shoes]

is this a joke ?  are you really saying they didn't know how to address and mail a envelope ?   30 yr olds ?  Just want to make sure I read correctly.  Thanks

[Laura14]

@Goodie2shoes No joke! This generation is email only. 

[Kachina624]

@Laura14.  I hate to say this but it appears you company hires some idiots.  You'd think they'd pick up up a little knowledge simply by observing mail they receive at home as well as at work.

[THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes]

Cute Readers Digest  story,  but I don't believe it for the tiniest minute. 

Just my assessment. 

Fake.  Phony.  But the story plays well for the targeted, eager demographic base.

[Kachina624]

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@THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes wrote:

Cute Readers Digest  story,  but I don't believe it for the tiniest minute. 

Just my assessment. 

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@THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes 

@Laura14 is not the sort of person who'd weave a wild tale.  I've read her posts for years.  She's not a big attention-seeker.  Considering the common sense, or lack thereof, I see in the younger generations, I have faith in her story.

[JudyL]

Oh I believe it!  When I was working, sometimes the questions I got asked by very intelligent high-level partners at the Firm, would make me shake my head in disbelief.  

Thank for a good laugh @Laura14 

[Goodie2shoes]

Oh my goodness !!!   Well I've heard everything !  At 73 I didn't know something like that was possible !  I also found out recently that my grandson's school ( he's going into the 3rd grade next school session starting in August)  will no longer teach cursive writing ! How are these young people going to sign their name to important documents as they become adults ? Buying a home etc ? Will printing out their name vs writing be exceptable ?

[Mz iMac]

Cute Readers Digest  story, 

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@THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes  

[Laura14]

@Goodie2shoes our schools stopped long ago. My niece had trouble reading the note my mom put in her birthday card. And yes, our applications do have printed signatures for some of the younger people.