Saturday, November 17, 2007

Yes, Thank You!

It's that time of year...here's tomorrow's column from Bob Morris. Here are the first few lines so you get the idea of where this is going:

The meal was lavish. The hosts very gracious. One told me as I was leaving: “Don’t bother writing a thank-you note. You don’t have to kiss up to us.”

She was only half-joking. Sending thanks, after all, can be as self-interested as it is polite. Is there any other reason to send carefully worded thank-you letters to the same people who torture you at job interviews?

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