Warning! This Blog Contains an Actual Work Email

In today’s post I will share with you an email that was recently sent to all employees in my company:

Now that the weather is getting cooler, we have seen an increase in the amount of rodent activity within the facility over the last couple of weeks. We are taking steps to control this however, your help is also needed. It is imperative that all employees help by not leaving any food (food trays, cakes etc) out in department common areas or in the kitchens throughout the facility. It is up to each department to ensure that all food is removed from common areas before the end of each day. Also, please do not keep food at your desk. Doing this is tantamount to a written invitation to mice to come to your desk. Whether it is sealed or not, the more food in the desks the greater the chance of having mice at your desk and the more difficult it will become to combat the problem…it is that simple.

So why did I include this in my blog?

1. It's obviously incredibly interesting reading.


2. The writer of the email is in my alliance.


3. It incorporates the highly-underutilized-in-corporate-communications word: “tantamount”. Wow, does that ever take this email to a new level.


4. It lets us know that mice can read! I didn’t know that. As the writer points out, food is a “written invitation to mice.” Did you know that?


5. It has encouraged me to leave notes to the mice on my left over food…