I don't care about thank you notes (as in handwritten and mailed), but I am sometimes truly amazed at people who don't even say/email "thank you" when you go out of your way to help them.
Examples:
- Someone sends an email at work to everyone asking for information/assistance/referrals, and you send a reply to them with a referral or information. A simple "Thanks!" email is all that is required, yet many don't even bother. This boggles my mind. When I ask for this type of info, I make sure to respond to every single person (most of whom I don't know).
- I was a mentor for a 3rd year law student. Now, over time we had a lot of back and forth and he did say thanks in many of those correspondences for the advice I offered. But the last time I heard from him, he gave me an update and sent a resume and cover letter asking for my review and advice. I read them and marked them up with edits and comments, and never heard from him again.
- Someone posts a thread asking for help or advice, then disappears, never to return and acknowledge the help posted.
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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