[ANSTHRLD] To whomever just called the Star Principal Herald's House

[Crandall]

I have held various regional and kingdom deputy offices through the 26 years of my SCA life. I have also had discourteous, untimely and often offensive phone calls at uncomfortable hours. 
I agree, they are uncalled for, and unnecessary in this organization, and in life in general as well. 
Fortunately, when I have had an SO, they were not burdened with this complete lack of honor. 
We say that Ansteorra is what it is, because "That is what Heroes do". 
The person who called obviously does not consider themselves Ansteorran, nor Hero. 

Crandall, Olde Phart 

"In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong." -John Kenneth Galbraith


--- On Sat, 1/31/09, Sajhiri <sajhiri at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Sajhiri <sajhiri at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [ANSTHRLD] To whomever just called the Star Principal Herald's House
> To: heralds at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Saturday, January 31, 2009, 5:09 PM
> Hi there. I am normally not on this list. I am the Star
> Principal Herald's WIFE. As the individual in question
> did not leave their name, nor has the SPH received any
> emails today, I'm left to direct this at the list.
>  
> To the individual who called my HOME today seeking out the
> SPH, was extremely rude to me when I asked them to repeat
> what they said (as I could not hear them) and then was even
> MORE rude and HUNG UP on me when I asked who was calling, is
> requested to no longer call my home for ANY reason. 
>  
> It is Saturday. It is dinner time, which is what I was
> COOKING when you called. Normally, the SPH would be at an
> event on any given Saturday, so he would not have been home
> to take your call to begin with. Instead, he was home. Guess
> why? He's been sick for three days. 
>  
> He was lying in bed when you called demanding to speak to
> him and refusing to tell his wife who you were, which he
> requested to know so he could decide if the matter was
> urgent enough (for a VOLUNTEER POSITION in a HOBBY) to get
> out of bed to go to another room to pick up the phone. He
> asked so he could decide if it was something he could call
> down to me while I was COOKING to relay to you over the
> phone. He asked so he could decide if your issue was simply
> NOT urgent enough for any of thee above and he could CALL
> YOU BACK after dinner, or email you. 
>  
> When asked for your identity by the family member of anyone
> whom you are trying to communicate with, the proper response
> is NOT "I just wanted to talk to the /Star Principal
> Herald of Ansteorra/, and I guess I'll just have to
> /email him AGAIN/" delivered in the snottiest possible
> tone, then HANGING UP.
>  
> Do not call my house again. This is not the first time
> you've called and copped an attitude with me when I
> could not immediately deliver my husband to you. I recognize
> your voice. From now on, please use email. I don't have
> to tolerate that sort of behavior in my home.
>  
> Thank you,
>  
> Alessandra Giovanna dei Medici
> mka Bridget Haines