I emailed an RV factory letting them know what day we'd be in their area and would like to take a Tour. I had a question regarding taking our 7 yo GD. I didn't get a direct answer to my question yet, but she accidently sent me her forwarded email to another department.
I had to Google BFE to see where these "people" who had the nerve to get "honked off" were from. I only knew the shorter version minus the E. Thought I would share the information so all of you can make every RV Factory workers life a little easier by noting they don't give tours on Holiday's.
UNEDITED EMAIL:
"I think I will start forwarding these e-mails regarding tours to you to answer rather than answering them myself since your won't be up here as much and I may not know a particular day that we aren't having tours.
I don't know if you are doing tours during shut-down or not. I usually tell them the hours of the tour, where it starts, wear comfortable walking shoes, etc.
When ever the question is open w/out a date in particular, I usually say something like "we have daily tours Monday thru Friday @ 9:30 AM w/the exception of the week of June 8th, Labor Day, etc. as I know people get really honked off if they drive from BFE somewhere thinking there is a tour, and there isn't. For some reason people think we give tours on holidays.....never have figured that one out.
XXXX (name changed to protect her identity)"
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Its got a lot of meanings, not including the one involving egypt. Take the first two words and replace Egypt with Elsewhere.
Normally, I use BFN, same first two words, but Nowhere as the last word. I also don't use bum, but the one representing the filtery bit on a cigarette.
A full list of these type of acroynms are on Wikipedia, Here, but please, click only if you aren't offended by this stuff....
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Is it possible that BFE is an FAA airport identifier? Like, DFW is Dallas/Fort Worth, or BIL is Billings, or LAX is Los Angeles, or FCA is Flathead County Airport, etc.
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Being casual in corporate emails is one thing, but that employee seems to have gone a little too far.
Sending it back might give the person a little reality jolt. I doubt that the factory wants customers or potential customers to read between the lines.
Pat
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sharrlan wrote: I think I would forward her e-mail back to her.
If I don't hear something tomorrow, I probably will reply with her message attached. I'd really like to plan on which Factory Tour we want to go on. One is scheduled on Tues, but still have Monday open.
I don't really see what's so offensive...She accidently replied and forwarded. Sounds like she is trying to get you an answer so you don't show up on a day when there are no tours. I'm sure people who have driven from "BFE" get upset when they are told "Sorry, no tours today. We're having a shutdown for maintenance!" Plus, I wouldn't want to give a tour on a hoilday either!!! BTW, I'm thinking BFE is the place in Egypt!!
penguin149 wrote: I don't really see what's so offensive...She accidently replied and forwarded. Sounds like she is trying to get you an answer so you don't show up on a day when there are no tours. I'm sure people who have driven from "BFE" get upset when they are told "Sorry, no tours today. We're having a shutdown for maintenance!" Plus, I wouldn't want to give a tour on a hoilday either!!!
I didn't find it offensive to me. I knew she wasn't talking about Moi.
I did have to resend to get my question answered. Then the response is confusing! Maybe that's why people get "honked" at them when they tell them No Tours after they've driven all the way from Egypt.
FROM THEIR WEBSITE:
"Tour Dates
March 3 through October 31 every Monday - Friday
No plant tours April 7-11 2008 or June 9-13 2008"
2nd EMAILED RESPONSE:
"Actually we won't be giving tours this week or next as it is our yearly summer vacation shutdown for model change over. There is no production going on during those 2 weeks. However, the standard tour time is 9:30 AM, and if you come in, the tour guide can give you a mini tour, but you will not see actual production. Children are welcome.
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