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 Fri, Jan 09 2009, 12:44 pm
| baseballmom wrote: | | we have $1500 minimum in ads for the dinner |
YIKES.
Our school doesn't want to take NO for an answer. I got a call from someone who knows me well enough to know that our finances are not in great condition.
INSERT CHIT-CHAT
Well, I'm actually calling about the dinner.
I'm sorry; I can't help out this year.
Well, there are opportunities
I'm sorry. We've talked about this. You know we're having trouble paying the mortgage, and we've asked for a tuition break.
Yes, but this year, there's an opportunity to give ...
Look, do you really think that I'm going to place my home at risk? Don't you think the polite thing now is to say OK, good luck?
But ...
Harumph.
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Fri, Jan 09 2009, 12:49 pm
| costanza wrote: | I agree wholeheartedly.
Apparently, people like to be honored. |
You would never believe how hard it is for organizations to get honorees. NOBODY wants to be honored. Who wants their friends and family to be harassed for donations. Accepting the honor is a commitment in itself.
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