recs & thank you notes
by: Emily Pissed PostI'm a very recent ole miss alum, living in a northern city. I've written 5 recs already and only received two hand written thank you notes. Guess what? I wait two weeks to send them, and then I change them if there is no MAILED thank you. You text, email, snapchat doesn't count. I spend time and money on the rec, you can at least but a fifty cent stamp on a card and mail it. Hope you weren't this rude when you got grad gifts.
Comment#4by: I
Thank you notes aren't just a sorority alum thing, it is what you do when anyone does something nice for you. I gave the 10 year old I nanny an iTune gift card for her birthday and she wrote me a thank you on her monogrammed embossed notes, the writing was in Crayola marker. Her parents aren't really rich, just well mannered. Her mom was an Ole Miss DG, and knows this is just how you raise your kids. Good luck to those who don't think it is important.
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by: annoyed
As a 22+ year old woman maybe you should grow up and stop coming on Greek rank to complain about a thank you note you didnt receive from an 18 year old college freshman. And furthermore you should be more mature than to spitefully try to ruin these girls' college experiences because of your own self importance. Of course a thank you letter is a nice touch but that doesn't mean the girls that didnt send one or didnt realize that was common place aren't as genuine as the ones who did. Grow up, get off this useless site, and stop judging people off one decision
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by: Ok
I'm not the same poster as the one above, but I share her feelings to a certain degree. Freshman spend all this time trying to secure recs, but their follow up can be lousy. Some are really good, and they are the ones who standout, but if you have time to tweet and text, then yes, you have time to put pen to paper. I would never NOT recommend someone because of a lack of thank you, but her her will be more so-so than the girl who did write one. And this is just life, those who work harder and show gratitude should be rewarded accordingly. Sorry if you think this makes me old and spiteful, but in the career world, it works this way too. Not a feeling, just a fact.
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by: annoyed
I completely agree with you. If you go the extra mile you deserve to get rewarded but its a little much to give a girl a bad recommendation because you didn't receive a formal thank you card. One without a thank you letter merits a so so recommendation but not one that will screw them over that's not right
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by: haha
It just goes to show you that old alums troll this site. Please go away.
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