Changing an Address

"Changing an Address"*

*After a recent move, I made up a list of companies,
agencies, and services that needed to know my
new address and phoned each one to ask for the
change to be made.

Everything went smoothly until I called one of my
frequent flier accounts. After I explained to the
representative what I wanted to do, the woman
told me, "I'm sorry; we can't do that over the phone.
You will have to fill out our change-of-address form."

"How do I get one of those?" I asked.

"We'd be happy to provide you with one," she said pleasantly.
"May I have your new address so that I can mail it to you?

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"On Spelling"*

*As the shopping center's marketing director, I was
putting the finishing touches on an ad. I asked Nancy,
the newspaper's sales representative, how to spell
"eligible." She wrote it down on a card she fished
from her purse. I completed the copy, returned the
card to her, and she left.

Not long after, I received a call from the manager
of one of our shoe stores. He asked if I knew if
Nancy was married. I told him I thought so and
asked why he was interested.

"She just gave me her business card," he said, "and
on the back she's written 'eligible'."
Received on Tue Nov 25 07:49:15 2008