Just got a patronizing email. Must. Control. Fist of Death.

...............................share it here so we can help rip it to shreds?

And it was one super-patronizing line in a dense paragraph of useful information. He could have left that entire line out and gotten his point across.

(Lemm eknow if I need to get a bail fund going too)

Okay, I'm just going to excerpt a couple of lines, not the whole thing, and change some names to protect the innocent.

nod

The context is "We're trying to buy a laptop. Guy I support wants a non-standard brand because of various reasons XYZ. Are we allowed to do that?"

Response: "Blah blah reasonable technical issues and conflicts."

And then: "Jennifer, what you and Bob may not realize when purchasing equipment is that people do leave on occasion. If Bob were to leave within the next three years, since the laptop will still be under warranty, it will be transferred to someone else. "

...........gee, you mean if he leaves he doesn't get to take it with him? bats eyes and controls gag reflex

Yeah, just the ....I UNDERSTAND that sometimes people go away

I know their stuff gets kept here. You know how I know? Because I'm an admin who's not allowed her own work laptop. The laptops I get are the ones left behind by people who leave.

I'm...going to be generous and say the other person may not've been thinking about how patronizing that sounds...

since text and all

but that's me being 'generous'

Yeah, he could have just started with "Also, if Bob were to leave within the next three years...insert additional problems". Just...the whole "You may not realize that people leave occasionally" has me

Oh no, no no no, I don't blame you one freaking bit

that whole phrasing just...gnashes teeth

Bite him

Thank you, MazokuSlayer . I needed that icon. steals