Thursday, September 20, 2007

YOM KIPPUR

Two years ago I told one of my colleagues that a certain salesrep would probably not respond to her queries because it was Yom Kippur.

I forgot to tell her what Yom Kippur was.

She e-mailed him, wishing him a happy Yom Kippur.

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He accepted her holiday greeting with good grace. In the ecumenical spirit in which it was offered.

Ecumeny, y'all. Ecumeny.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

We survived. In the afternoon it was difficult to stand and sit and stand and sit.
A lot of years....

Tzipporah said...

ugh. It was a miserable YK, mostly because with a sick husband and a toddler, it was - well, just another day. Not even Shabbos-y. :(

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