Today at work I received an email about a facility tour. Last week, when personally invited to participate in the tour, I immediately agreed. This week, when the email was sent to others, there was a notation that we didn’t want to overwhelm the vendor, thus, only a few should go. Following that, was a simple statement indicating I had already agreed to participate.
A few minutes later, I received a follow-up email from the event coordinator, “I purposely mentioned that you’re going on the facility tour in an effort to dissuade certain others from attending.:)” Some would be offended by this comment. Fortunately, I am not “some.” I just wish the knowledge of my presence would dissuade certain others from showing up at certain other times in my life.