10E-mail: To Send or Not to Send?
“Writing, when properly managed is buta different name for conversation.”
—Laurence Sterne
WOULD YOU WANT TO RECEIVE this e-mail?
TO: ALL SUPERVISORS
FROM: JOEL CAIRO
HURRICANE RAOUL IS ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLESTON, S.C. HE IS STILL A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 175 MPH…GUSTS TO 220.
HE IS MOVING NORTH BY NORTHWEST VERY SPEEDILY AND WILL ARRIVE HERE BY MIDNIGHT. THE HURRICANE CENTER EXPECTS RAOUL TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THRU ATLANTIC CITY AND POINTS NORTH TO BOSTON BEFORE TRACKING WESTWARD HO. WE THINK THE TRACK WILL CONTINUE NORTH BUT WHO ARE WE TO QUESTION THE EXPERTS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER BUREAU. AFTER ALL, THEY HIRED MY BROTHER-IN-LAW SO HOW GOOD ...
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