The Classifieds

My new company has this habit of providing just a little too much personal information about new hires. Today an email like this one went out:

From: Manager
To: Company
Sent: Thu Jun 12 18:34:25 2008
Subject: Please welcome Elmer Smith to Company Family

Please join me in welcoming Elmer Smith to the team. As of last week he is officially part of the Support team as an Associate.

Elmer graduated this May 2008 from University with a undergraduate degree in Business with a concentration in Marketing. He is a die hard University Football Fan.

When asked where he is from he replies "all over the place"..but he has some roots here in (lived here for 4 yrs in high school and his sibling lives here now).

Elmer loves football and baseball (played in high school). Enjoys spending time with family and friends. He visits Miami where he has family and also enjoys the sun. He likes Greek mythology - they learned about it in 8th grade and ever since has been interested.

Please stop by and say hello or send an email introducing yourself if you are not located in the main office. He is eager to learn about what we do so please keep him in mind as you set up meetings, presentations, etc... and let him know if he can attend to learn.

Welcome Elmer! We're excited to have you join us.

-Manager

A few minutes later, the following went out to the company in reply:

From: Manager
To: Manager, Company
Sent: Thu Jun 12 18:39:38 2008
Subject: Re: Please welcome Elmer Smith to Company Family

Elmer also enjoys walking in the park, horseback riding and sunsets at the beach.

I came so close to responding with the following:

From: Me
To: Manager, Company
Sent: Thu Jun 12 18:39:38 2008
Subject: Re: Please welcome Elmer Smith to Company Family

In addition, Elmer likes pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.

Thing is, most of the company is so young, I wonder if they would have gotten the joke.