This is more to talk about the let down emails, most are fairly standard with wording stating that said company does a lot of work with their preferred charity so cannot help me in my quest (very understandable and appreciated.)
However there have been a couple of stand out replies that coincidentally I received this morning. The first made me feel a little silly for even thinking about mailing this Dutch brewer...perhaps this is the reason that their French child brand is more respected than they are? Their reply gave a distinct impression that mine was a quite dull not at all worthwhile use of time and I should go back to collecting stamps!!
"I am sure you will not be surprised to learn that Heineken UK is frequently called upon to support a wide range of interesting and worthwhile activities."
Straight after that was the phone number of their merchandising company who run a credit card hotline in case I want to buy a beer mat...perhaps not.
The second note was a joy of language...I did have to look up invidious in the dictionary just to make sure they were not making fun of me...I don't think I need to tell you that this was from one of the high end high street grocers...congrats Waitrose, you win my best refusal (so far!)
"As I am sure you will appreciate, we receive a large number of requests of this nature, and it would be invidious for us to choose which we would accede to. In the circumstances we are unfortunately not in a position to provide you with your request.
I am very sorry to disappoint you."
I am very sorry to disappoint you."
Have a great weekend.
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