Monday, September 04, 2006

Sorry for the inconvenience

At my workplace, the facilities folks are extremely courteous, atleast with their written notices in the general areas of the office. An example of such a notice is "This lift is under repair". A common thing about such notices is that they use the same template - the company name on the header and the disclaimer "We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience" in the footer.

Then you have: "Please don't use paper napkins to dry wet palms, use the dryer instead. Conserve paper." err.. and waste electricity?

Finally, this happens: "We are happy to inform you that a microwave owen and a refrigerator have been installed in the main pantry on your floor" and the footer, as always, reads "We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience" !!!

Hmm....