I love where I work, Better World Books. Why? I will tell you.
Many companies out there have "donotreply@" email addresses which give you a very boring auto-response about not checking that email. It makes me hate those companies.
BWB let me write the auto-response that we use.
So if you send an email to donotreply@betterworldbooks.com, you will get the following message:
You have probably guessed by the speed with which we responded that we are not actually replying, but rather this automated message is replying telling you that we are not replying.
Did you see the email address to which you were replying? (do not reply @ betterworldbooks.com) Don't worry. We figured someone would be curious about what would happen if they did reply, hence we created this message you are now receiving. Hey, it's better than you thinking we were just ignoring you, right?
We hate to break it to you, but we will actually never see the email you just sent. In the industry they call this an "unmonitored email address." We call it "The Email Address We Use When We Need To Send Out Information To Lots Of People At Once." (Not as catchy, perhaps, but straightforward.)
But wait! There's still a way to get in touch with us. This selfless auto-response is here to help redirect your inquiry:
- If you need to reach us, please contact your account representative directly. He or she will be best equipped to handle your inquiry.
- If you do not know who your rep is, you can send an email to campus@betterworldbooks.com. Try not to freak out if our response doesn't come back in under 3.14159 seconds like this one did.
- Or, if it is really urgent, or you are just plain sick of email, give us a call at 800.894.0242 ext 773.
Thank you and have a great day!
Sincerely,
The Better World Books auto-email specifically designed for people who do not take "do not reply" addresses seriously
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Its official, my new favorite animal
Duck Billed Platypus, you alone have the courage to stand up to humans and say "i defy your inadequate classification system. I am my own category". trust me DBP, i can relate buddy. You are my hero, my soul mate, and my power animal.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Invisible Children Book Drives: 9 Boxes of Books = 1 Scholarship for a Student in Northern Uganda
Invisible children recently told me that we have 20 days left to “raise” 100,000 books.
(http://blog.invisiblechildren.com/?p=3838)
And I was like, “what, over my head”?
Ok, Ok… I understand the program: thousands of IC supporters across the country are feverishly collecting books which they ship to Better World Books’ warehouse where they are sold to generate funds to promote the peace process in Northern Uganda as well as rebuild and strengthen local schools.
And yes, whoever “raises” the most books wins a free trip to Uganda. But that is actually not important in the grand scheme of things. The real power of this program is the combined efforts of hundreds of book drives across the country.
So “raising books” is really just a fancy-I-really-want-to-be-hip way of saying “books collected are sold to raise money, raise awareness, promote peace, rebuild schools”. I get it. I just think it sounds silly.
But I’ll tell you what’s not silly: the impact that we can make if we actually hit the goal of this book drive: For every book “raised”, Invisible Children is able to fly a child to the moon.
That last sentence is totally false, I wrote it to see if you were paying attention. Seriously, though, the impact of your book drives are huge. To give you an idea of just how huge your raising is: (just nine boxes of accepted books raises enough money to for a year-long scholarship for a child in Northern Uganda. 9 boxes = 1 scholarship. 90 boxes = 10 scholarships. 900 boxes… That’s a big deal.
So maybe you gave up on the book drive because you were out of the running for the contest, or maybe you got worn out by last semester, or just maybe you didn’t have a clue what “raising” books meant. But now that you have read all this, you are out of excuses. Work hard this last 3 weeks to collect and ship lots of books. The goal is definitely achievable, and Invisible Children is counting on YOU!
(http://blog.invisiblechildren.com/?p=3838)
And I was like, “what, over my head”?
Ok, Ok… I understand the program: thousands of IC supporters across the country are feverishly collecting books which they ship to Better World Books’ warehouse where they are sold to generate funds to promote the peace process in Northern Uganda as well as rebuild and strengthen local schools.
And yes, whoever “raises” the most books wins a free trip to Uganda. But that is actually not important in the grand scheme of things. The real power of this program is the combined efforts of hundreds of book drives across the country.
So “raising books” is really just a fancy-I-really-want-to-be-hip way of saying “books collected are sold to raise money, raise awareness, promote peace, rebuild schools”. I get it. I just think it sounds silly.
But I’ll tell you what’s not silly: the impact that we can make if we actually hit the goal of this book drive: For every book “raised”, Invisible Children is able to fly a child to the moon.
That last sentence is totally false, I wrote it to see if you were paying attention. Seriously, though, the impact of your book drives are huge. To give you an idea of just how huge your raising is: (just nine boxes of accepted books raises enough money to for a year-long scholarship for a child in Northern Uganda. 9 boxes = 1 scholarship. 90 boxes = 10 scholarships. 900 boxes… That’s a big deal.
So maybe you gave up on the book drive because you were out of the running for the contest, or maybe you got worn out by last semester, or just maybe you didn’t have a clue what “raising” books meant. But now that you have read all this, you are out of excuses. Work hard this last 3 weeks to collect and ship lots of books. The goal is definitely achievable, and Invisible Children is counting on YOU!
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