Hi - hope all is well. Have a request for you. I know you like to keep us informed of your events, and we love to be kept up-to-date, but could I ask that you not send any mail to us. Sorry, but I do not want any US mail coming to us. So, I will happily receive any notices via email. Sorry dear, just a sign of the times!
xo l
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I got this e-mail from my neurotic friend in Toronto. I should really not make fun of her. Afterall I was a bit freaked out about the anthrax mail scare. One reason is I am the mail room in our office. I handle every piece of mail that comes into the office, and I receive very strange mail from very strange people from all over the world. So, I am naturally a bit leary about opening mail. Also in a few weeks I will be receiving hundreds of pieces of mail everyday. We have an annual deadline. I have since calmed down after realizing that the anthrax scare is really very isolated.
At first before we knew the full ramnifications - people getting sick and dying and not really knowing how many would be affected and potent stuff appearing at the Senate and media outlets, and cross contamination, I was quite alarmed. It seemed that we were becoming CIPRO nation! As Musty says, keep it in perspective...Of a country of almost 300 million, only a small handful have been affected. This from a guy who does not handle mail in his professional life and gets very little of it his everyday life!
Anyway, despite all this, it appears that my crazy friend in safe little Canada has lost her mind. What is the probability of her getting anthrax from one Holiday card from me? I mean come on! She can take precautions by opening the letter outside, wearing gloves and bleaching out the inside of her mail slot! Also, she is writing this e-mail at least two months after anthrax first became an issue....I get the feeling that she was a bit asleep on the issue. She should have been freaking out 2 months ago when sent her an anniversary card!