Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Shocking British politeness

From my housemate to our landlord:

Dear Talitha,

Sorry to bother you but our shower unit caught fire this morning when Betty was taking a shower. Could you please ask the plumber to replace it as a matter of urgency?

Many thanks,
David

(get it? "shocking"?? Like if I had written this email it would have read something like, "HOLY F-ING SHIT OUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE COME FIX IT!!!!!")

1 comment:

Deena said...

ah! hope it's been fixed. are even plumbers calm and polite in these situations?