Got an email from former co-w*rkers

[CuppaJoe]

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Originally Posted by easysurfer .... Today, is my birthday. Upon checking my email, I received an email from my former co-w*rkers. It sad nothing more than "Happy Birthday". ....

Exactly who sent it and who signed it? During my w*rking days, the lowest person on the totem pole had the birthday calendar. If it came from one of those places, I would wonder if it was sent by a clueless new hire. They didn't send one last year?

I probably would sent a chatty note regardless of what I think of them, especially since I retired from that j*b with nice bennies.

Happy Birthday, easysurfer.

[Westernskies]

You could just respond with a thank you, and a short note about how nice it is to be retired and fondly remembered by your former coworkers.

If you wanted to have some fun, you could always embellish it a bit..

" We appreciate the invitation to the potluck, but the spouse and I have been busy of late, polishing the teak on the new yacht before shutting down the lake house for the season.. We got a late start his year because our trip to Alaska in the new Class A diesel motorhome took up most of our summer. It is always a great trip, but this year we decided to cut it short and fly out of the Yukon so we could watch our grandson graduate at the top of his class at Oxford and make a quick climb of Mt Kilamajaro on the way home from our annual African safari..."

[Trek]

Ignore it. It's been years, how do they know you have the same email and even received it? You've resolved to leave that life and those people behind, so stand your ground. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

[WhoDaresWins]

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Originally Posted by Westernskies You could just respond with a thank you, and a short note about how nice it is to be retired and fondly remembered by your former coworkers. If you wanted to have some fun, you could always embellish it a bit.. " We appreciate the invitation to the potluck, but the spouse and I have been busy of late, polishing the teak on the new yacht before shutting down the lake house for the season.. We got a late start his year because our trip to Alaska in the new Class A diesel motorhome took up most of our summer. It is always a great trip, but this year we decided to cut it short and fly out of the Yukon so we could watch our grandson graduate at the top of his class at Oxford and make a quick climb of Mt Kilamajaro on the way home from our annual African safari..."

The part in quotations above sounds like some of the Christmas newsletters I get from far flung friends.