Primo's stationery (ary?) arrived before Christmas. He has been writing the notes since then. I understand that politicians are busy and you can't write an entire note for every campaign contribution - most notes we have gotten have been printed postcards with the candidate's signature as the only handwritten item, but when someone prepares a bunch of food for a campaign event and hauls it from Capitol City to Our City 90 miles away or when someone donates $100, that is a lot and it merits a handwritten thank you.
Primo: I ran into two people who got thank you notes from me.
Me: And?
Primo: They made a point of thanking me! They were so happy to get them!
Me: That's really nice.
Primo: A guy I used to work with had sent me a contribution and I wrote him a note. We're not really in touch - someone else at work had shared my campaign page with him and he started following and then sent me some money. He wrote me a letter. A LETTER!
Me: Retail politics. Plus, when people give you their hard-earned money, it's really nice for that to be acknowledged.
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Isn't it funny how sometimes you're right about things?
ReplyDeleteIt's "er;" an easy way to remember is that "stationery" meaning paper ends in er, just like paper! ;)
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