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

Melissa Carter honeyfrog at gmail.com
Sat Jan 31 19:13:43 PST 2009


What an utter embarrassment for the entire College of Heralds.  I do hope it
never happens again.

Hedwig, Obelisk

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Crandall <crandalltwo-scalists at yahoo.com>wrote:

> 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
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