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What a pity. While I tend to sympathize with his case, for a grievance letter that was just way too long and rambling. So it puts the addressee -- who already
by toomuchcoffee 14y ago
What a pity.
While I tend to sympathize with his case, for a grievance letter that was just way too long and rambling. So it puts the addressee -- who already faces considerabilities legal liabilities, as well as pressures from above if they respond the wrong way to such a letter -- in a position where they feel justified in seeing silence as a prudent response.
Plus, it just takes lots of time to parse and construct a response to such a torrent of TL;DR like that.
Much better would been to have spend some extra time coming up with something no longer than 1.5x as long as the letter he was responding to. You know, something readable. And then, for political as well as strategic reasons, open his wallet to have it professionally translated into French. Now that might get him the kind of traction he wants on this issue.
- numbchuckskills 14y agocame here to post the same sentiment. I am sure the legal team at McD was not too keen on a reply.
- drucken 14y agoAll good points. Being in French and reasonably short would have been made it more adaptable for French media and their law experts too. In my opinion, the key is to make this seem like a distinctly French problem and conduct it in French public space. Given French pride (and assuming it has no gross legal repurcussions), that could force a response.
- SteveMann 14y agoI've taken your suggestion as the basis for a proposed shorter letter for translation into French. I posted this draft letter as a comment to my latest weblog entry in http://eyetap.blogspot.ca/2012/08/unanswered-letter-to-mcdonalds-head-of.html http://eyetap.blogspot.ca/2012/08/unanswered-letter-to-mcdon... Please take a look at this proposed shorter letter, and I would welcome comments on this proposed draft short letter in http://eyetap.blogspot.ca/2012/08/unanswered-letter-to-mcdonalds-head-of.html http://eyetap.blogspot.ca/2012/08/unanswered-letter-to-mcdon... Best regards, Steve
- ams6110 14y agoExactly what I was going to say. Steve Mann comes off as a lunatic in this whole affair.