The company I work for has a contract with a local outfit to do our pre-employment physicals and drug screening. Said provider has one of the more obnoxious salespeople it’s been my displeasure to come in contact with. This guy is fond of sending out little seasonal health and safety reminders that are really just plugs for his employer. Normally I don’t mind them all that much, but today’s really gave me pause. I’ve quoted the message below, exactly as I received it:
OK, my first thought is, was this guy drunk when he wrote this? My second thought is, if they take the same amount of care with their contracted services as they do with their promotional E-mailings, maybe we should look for another provider.
Hmm…if you were a drug screener and your tests confirmed that an applicant was on drugs could you secure drugs for yourself by hiding positive test results from the employers? Just wondering…
Last time I got a promotional email that craptastic, it was from my (former) gym. I replied, noting its poor quality, and copied the general manager and they took me off their mailing list (from which I had previously asked to be removed) toot sweet. Not sure it did any good other than that, though. Is good health bad for one’s spelling and grammar or something?
And, finally, my annual struggle to come up with an interesting Halloween costume has ended at the last minute.
I’m envisioning Jerry Seinfeld in a Clockwork Orange outfit.
It took me five minutes to work out that “rapers” meant “wrappers.” Of course, most of the five minutes was spent trying not to wet myself from laughing.
You know, that’s how I decided about half of my votes for the local elections - by looking up voter guides where the candidates submit their own answers to survey questions. Ye gods. It’s frightening, the near-illiterates running for office around here. If you can’t form a complete coherent sentence, you’re not getting my vote.