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If only there was a way a news facility could print out the front page of the website each day, package it up with ads and have the specific date for those stories on it... Hmmm...Sports team has a big win. On our website, sports team is the main story all night and the next morning. Since it's a new day, a different story has more reader interest so it becomes the new centerpiece. One reader who didn't see the website all those hours the other story was the centerpiece only sees the new centerpiece, thinks we're biased against the team and not making their win a bigger deal, then procedes to trash the team that is new centerpiece.
Wow! Someone has a power trip! LOLI sent an email to an AD last night asking him to inform me if a game I planned on covering is still on because of the incoming weather. I addressed the email by his first name, as I did a few weeks ago in a similar email. He (a new AD in his mid-20s) responded to me this morning: "I don't think I can keep doing this if you keep calling me by my first name; it's Mr. So and So." When I emailed him a few weeks ago, he didn't say please call me Mr. So and So - he ended his email with his first name. He hasn't let me know if the game is still on, but it's currently a downpour right now so I think I have my answer.
I addressed him by his first name because he's a distant cousin of mine and went to school with his older brothers.
I would point out that he signed his e-mail with his first name. I would also emphatically point out that you're not one of his teenage students.I sent an email to an AD last night asking him to inform me if a game I planned on covering is still on because of the incoming weather. I addressed the email by his first name, as I did a few weeks ago in a similar email. He (a new AD in his mid-20s) responded to me this morning: "I don't think I can keep doing this if you keep calling me by my first name; it's Mr. So and So." When I emailed him a few weeks ago, he didn't say please call me Mr. So and So - he ended his email with his first name. He hasn't let me know if the game is still on, but it's currently a downpour right now so I think I have my answer.
I addressed him by his first name because he's a distant cousin of mine and went to school with his older brothers.
"Dear Jack: This is not a clash system, and I am not one of your students. We are peers in the community, working toward a common cause: to get news of your athletes and your athletic programs online and in the paper. Also, there is no need to address me as a Mr., either, but please respect your elders. Always respect your elders. ... Anyway, see you on the field, Jack."I sent an email to an AD last night asking him to inform me if a game I planned on covering is still on because of the incoming weather. I addressed the email by his first name, as I did a few weeks ago in a similar email. He (a new AD in his mid-20s) responded to me this morning: "I don't think I can keep doing this if you keep calling me by my first name; it's Mr. So and So." When I emailed him a few weeks ago, he didn't say please call me Mr. So and So - he ended his email with his first name. He hasn't let me know if the game is still on, but it's currently a downpour right now so I think I have my answer.
I addressed him by his first name because he's a distant cousin of mine and went to school with his older brothers.
I wouldn't give two shits if he DID use "Mr." in his email signature, or "King of the Realm," for that matter. You and he are equals, despite how much fist-pounding this guy wants to do about it. It's Hey, Firstname." And forget the distant cousin; he could be another life form or from another planet, and it'd still be "Firstname."I sent an email to an AD last night asking him to inform me if a game I planned on covering is still on because of the incoming weather. I addressed the email by his first name, as I did a few weeks ago in a similar email. He (a new AD in his mid-20s) responded to me this morning: "I don't think I can keep doing this if you keep calling me by my first name; it's Mr. So and So." When I emailed him a few weeks ago, he didn't say please call me Mr. So and So - he ended his email with his first name. He hasn't let me know if the game is still on, but it's currently a downpour right now so I think I have my answer.
I addressed him by his first name because he's a distant cousin of mine and went to school with his older brothers.