The fact that some of my coworkers, especially the ones in our branch office, don’t know when and when NOT to use the “all@” email address revealed itself yet again today. But that’s for another day. Today this came:
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From: redacted [mailto:redacted]
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 9:27 AM
To: [redacted]
Subject: Moving People Out Of Israel, Lebanon, & Other Evacuation Sites
Please excuse this mass email.
Our office in Los Angeles has received several calls from people trying to get themselves, their families, their children, and friends out of Israel and Lebanon. We are in touch with the State Department as well as several international agencies. Many evacuees have been moved outside the area, but are looking for a way to get home.
If you have questions about how to get someone either out of the area or from an evacuation site, feel free to call our office our local office at 310-XXX-XXXX or our toll free number outside the area at 866-XXX-XXX. We will do the best we can to assist you.
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I imagine all of those families I’ve been seeing on CNN holed up in some basement with Anderson Cooper are thinking “if only we charter a jet to get us out of this hellhole!” According to a Newsday article I found, this company will “fly up to 14 passengers from New York to Los Angeles…[for] $29,900 one way, with a flight attendant.” No word on the price for a Lebanon to New York flight, but I imagine it’s a wee bit more; hey, there’s probably an endangerment of the flight attendant and pilot surcharge.
I wonder if there’s an evacuation discount…
