So I get this email at work today...from a guy who I have never met, and who sends it out to the entire office. And after reading this email, I am like, "Who the hell is this??..." Needless to say, I told my team the story, and the entire lunch at La Bamba's was spent amusing ourselves over this email...and then when I said, "I'm going to write him back!," no one believed me... -----Original Message----- As many of you are aware, I have made the tough decision to leave Accenture. It’s been a wonderful and rewarding experience, and I have enjoyed working with so many talented individuals. Thanks for making my Accenture experience so memorable! I wish you all the best of luck in the future and please keep in touch. Regards, Brandon Brandon ******* Delivery Centre Accenture
From: *****, Brandon
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:36 AM
To: Personnel-Ptrs.CentralRegion.Americas
Subject: Farewell!
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MY response..... :)
From: Gopal, Ankur
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:01 PM
Subject: FW: Farewell!
Dear Brandon,
I have to say that your “Farewell” note caught me by much surprise. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have mixed feelings about your decision to leave Accenture. While on one hand, I am happy that you had a great experience while working here and are no doubt excited about entering the next phase of your career. But on the other hand, we have never met, either…
I guess I always figured that we’d run into each other at some point since we’re both from the same office. Sadly, the vagabond life of a consultant prevented that nexus from ever occurring. Fair or not, that’s the harsh reality we face…
Many times, when people send “leaving the firm” emails, they emphasize they want to “keep in touch”, but many people really don’t mean it. I, however, would like to change that in keeping the possibility open that maybe we could one day grab a beer, hang out at one of the Accenture Alumni events, or maybe even enroll in a class together at the local Community College…On your end, I think if you could perhaps send out an “e-update” newsletter once a quarter just bulleting the new things that are happening with you, what you’ve been doing, new happenings in your life, etc; I think that would also be nice to know…More importantly, doing any of those things would constitute “keeping in touch.”
One day we’ll make this right…J
Best of Luck in Your Career,
Ankur
PS… As a small token of appreciation for your work at the firm, I’d like to give you the recipe for my famous Texas-Style Chili. I’ve won several awards with this, so I’ve taken out two secret ingredients so I can continue competing with this dish. But it should still taste pretty good.
Ankur’s Texas Style Chili
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients
3 Tomatoes,med
1 Onion,Burmuda,lg,fine chop
1/4 T Oregano,dried,pref. Mexican
2 T Paprika
5 Garlic cloves,lg,fine chop
4 lb Beef shank,coarse grind
1 T Lard,butter,or bacon dripins
4 Scallions,in bunches,chopped
5 Bell pepper(s)
5 Serrano chiles,fresh
1 lb Chorizo sausage or hot non-Italian sausage
4 Garlic cloves,med,fine chop
2 T Salt
4 T Red chile,hot,ground
4 T Red chile,mild,ground
3 T Cumin seeds
Beer
Water
Instructions
1. Puree the first four ingredients plus one clove of the garlic in a blender or food processor (using the steel blade). Scrape the mixture into a large heavy pot and add the beef.
2. Melt the lard, butter, or bacon drippings in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Add the scallions, bell peppers, serrano chiles, sausage, and the remaining garlic, and cook until the onions are translucent and the sausage is browned.
3. Place the cumin seeds in a 300' oven for a few minutes until lightly browned. Remove seeds from the oven and crush them with a mallet. Stir the vegetables into the beef and tomato mixture. Add the salt ground chile, cumin, and enough water or beer to cover. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then lower the heat and simmer, uncovered for 4 to 6 hours. Taste and adjust seasonings.
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My team spent the rest of the afternoon cracking up...quite a productive day, let me tell you...I also sent this to a bunch of my friends...the response I received regarding my emails ranged from amusing to "I can't believe you don't get it!"
Some examples:
Somebody needs to be giving you more work to do… -Berkley S. ----------------------------- You are so goofy! -Hope R. hahahahahahahahahahahahaha can I blog this post? All names will of course be left intact for maximum credit attribution / post-event blame. just kidding, I'd take AnkG's name out. Brandon is an idiot, though, and deserves to be punished. :-D this is awesome. ----------------------------- atleast i got a good chili recipe out of it. i was so craving chili today! -Malti R. ----------------------------- So what are the two secret ingredient, I wont tell anyone I promise. -Abe D. ----------------------------- Sounds YUM... - so can I be privy to your "two secret ingredients"??? -Mia K. ----------------------------- You're crazy -Rupal M. ----------------------------- That was frickin' hilarious -Sumit R. ----------------------------- Why did you copy me on this? -Mickey E. (Editor's note - this guy is an idiot... ;) ) ----------------------------- r***********: dude, that email was brilliant -Rob K.
you're such a dick. :)
make no mistake-- i'm glad.
Anna P.
I'll keep updating comments as I get them.... :) ....I sent out the email to a ton of people...let's see if I get fired for this or not... :)
http://anna.blogs.com/
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:)
Posted by: check tha link, son | February 17, 2005 at 04:53 PM
Steve F.: by the way, shank showed me the texas chili email this weekend.. sheer genius
Posted by: Ank G | March 07, 2005 at 03:47 PM
Just out of curiosity, was the last name of the that person CAM*? I just happened across this as I was doing a company related search. Small world, hunh?
Posted by: gloss | March 29, 2005 at 06:43 PM
You are not even close to being as cool as Ramit Sethi. http://www.bittershirts.com/thingsihate/
Why do you even try?
Posted by: Hello | April 11, 2005 at 09:50 AM
I don't have to try...I think Ramit's site is pretty funny....
...but, it's no Blunt Instrument.... ;)
A
Posted by: Ankur Gopal | April 15, 2005 at 02:39 PM
what did brandon have to say about the mail?
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Sorrty pezse :((
Wronv ccatego..r.
will be careful
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