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Excerpts from My Book!
(From the Table of Contents)
CHAPTER 6: MY LETTERS
(From the Table of Contents)
CHAPTER 6: MY LETTERS
- The Car Rental - “I have a reservation!”
- My London Hotel Experience -“Oh, what comfort!”
- My St. Paul Hotel Experience - “Exceeding Your Expectation”
- My Omaha Hotel Experience - “The 5 a.m. Wake-up Alarm!”
- A Special Invitation - “Women like Me”
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A Special Invitation - “Women Like Me”,
While You Do Your Business, Pages 129-130
Don’t you just love all the junk mail we get? If it was not for junk mail, my mailbox would be empty on
most days. One day I received a unique letter addressed to “Gordon Wayman” from a woman’s
magazine with a special invitation to subscribe to the magazine. I had never heard of the magazine, but
when I read the letter, I learned that the magazine was a Christian Magazine for women. The letter was
not addressed to “Mrs. Gordon Wayman,” but to “Gordon.” (I was not married at the time, anyway.) For
some reason, the magazine had me down as a woman.
This was the first time that I had been mistaken for a woman, so I thought I would have some fun by
writing a letter. I wrote to the Publisher of the magazine the following:
Unfortunately, the editor did not respond to my letter. However, I never received anything else from that
magazine.
While You Do Your Business, Pages 129-130
Don’t you just love all the junk mail we get? If it was not for junk mail, my mailbox would be empty on
most days. One day I received a unique letter addressed to “Gordon Wayman” from a woman’s
magazine with a special invitation to subscribe to the magazine. I had never heard of the magazine, but
when I read the letter, I learned that the magazine was a Christian Magazine for women. The letter was
not addressed to “Mrs. Gordon Wayman,” but to “Gordon.” (I was not married at the time, anyway.) For
some reason, the magazine had me down as a woman.
This was the first time that I had been mistaken for a woman, so I thought I would have some fun by
writing a letter. I wrote to the Publisher of the magazine the following:
- Dear Madam:
Thank you for your letter inviting me to take advantage of your generous special introductory
offer to your fine magazine, “The Christian Magazine for Women.”
However, I regret to inform you that I am not the kind of Christian woman you referred to in your
letter. I have no desire to be “the kind of wife, mother, and woman” you refer to.
In addition, I have no desire “to be recognized as a woman who has self-worth, talents, and
ideas to contribute to our world.”
You see, I am not the type of woman who would subscribe to your fine magazine. I’m sorry that
you started publishing your magazine for “women like me.”
I have to decline your fine offer, because, you see, I am a man.
Sincerely,
Gordon Wayman
Unfortunately, the editor did not respond to my letter. However, I never received anything else from that
magazine.