A director received this message from an employee.
Dear $ir,
In thi$ life one ha$ to $et prioritie$.
I think you know the need$ and wi$he$ of your employee$.
We, your employee$, were alway$ there when you and your company needed u$.
I'm $ure you'll know what I mean and I hope to hear from you $oon.
Kind regard$.
Erne$t $now,
This is what the director answered
Dear mister sNOw,
In reply to your short NOte, I take the liberty to let you kNOw that our company will NOt take your question into consideration.
In these hard ecoNOmical times we should stay humble.
The director board has decided to lower the profit marges and this also means that a raise is NOt an option.
As there is an old saying : "Even at the end of the winter it can sNOw hard" which means one has to be satisfied with what one gets and NOt what one takes.
Please don't take this personally.
NOrbert DaeNOn,
Director