There’s one waiting for me at the post office. Which means I have, lessee . . . about four and a half hours to contemplate what it could be.
My guess? I’m goin’ to court. The infamous Missing Coworker has filed a federal suit against my former employer for discrimination, and has (acccording to my former boss) listed me as a witness.*
But for the next four hours or so, I’m just going to sit here and pretend there’s some possibility that I have been named the sole heir of some wildly rich relative I heretofore knew nothing about.
A girl can dream, can’t she?
*She filed a claim with the state last year, and also listed me as a witness, but that time some investigator just called me at work and asked me questions . . . and then the claim was dropped. I was hoping the same would happen this time . . .
Just in case that does turn out to be what this letter is about, can I just interject in here that you’ve always been my favorite person in the entire world?
FairyChatMom has been trying to unload a chandelier for quite some time. It could be a registered letter from her letting you know a chandelier is on the way and to look out for it.
Maybe it’s a stalker’s way of letting you know officially he knows where you are.
Maybe the dog knocked up a neighbor’s prize purebred cockapoo and it’s a registered letter naming him in a paternity suit.
Maybe it’s Tom Cruise sending you a registered letter telling you to knock off the fantasizing about Skip and him.
IAAL (not yours), but I’m not admitted in the Land of Oz, so YMMV. Generally, a subpoena to a witness requires personal service. In other words, they show up at your door and hand you the subpoena. So your certified letter is unlikely to be an order to appear in court.
Which means, of course, that you have inherited crazy uncle Henry’s loot. Just remember your friends when you’re rich.
Oooh! With dangly sparkly things? Yes! That would be lovely.
Call me old fashioned, but I’m still a fan of the Stalker Phone Call.
If that’s the case, I’ll have more than enough $$$ to pay doggie child support, once I’ve alerted the media that one of our three female (and spayed to boot) dogs got another dog pregnant . . .
And finally, Tom should know that he is nowhere in my fantasies. (Katie Holmes, on the other hand . . . )
Yes. Yes, they are. More, please! I like this game!
Actually, I figured as much. I guess what I should have said was that I think the letter has something to do with this whole Ex-Coworker mess, but it was so much more dramatic and entertaining to say, “I’m goin’ to court!”
So in what kind of instances would a situation like this involve a certified letter? Would it ever, like maybe just to inform me that my services may be needed or something?
One bad thing they send a certified letter for is to inform you of very bad medical test results if they don’t make you come in and see somebody directly; I know somebody who got a cancer notice that way.
Well, the diploma for my shiny new BS degree (2nd in a series) came via certified mail just yesterday. You haven’t been taking classes on us. have you?
Yeah, yeah, lady. I’ve heard that tired old story before.
Read your contract: R-E-N-T-A-L
Seriously though, that’s what pops into mind any time I hear ‘certified letter’ because we only have to send out about 20 a day demanding our rental stuff be brought back. :rolleyes:
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It could be an anti-spoliation letter – it could say, you’re a witness in the case of the Infamous Missing Coworker, so if you have any documents related to your employment with Former Employer (including but not limited to letters, memos, diaries, etc.), don’t destroy them because they could be evidence.
If it’s anything else related to the case, I would expect a phone call first to make nice with you so you’ll be a friendly witness.
Maybe it’s the tax man. You invest in one of those totally legal, guaranteed to succeed, offshore pyramid schemes?
