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Private Message to Sally-Anne Perks
Nov. 23rd, 2012 01:20 amMiss Perks,
As it does every year, the holiday season has crept up on me. This year I have decided to admit defeat early rather than allowing my pride to get the better of me: rather than attempting my holiday greetings on my own, I would like to engage the services of a scribe to assist me in the sending of them. As I have not yet had the time to hire a full-time clerk, and do not have time to conduct the search, I thought to ask a student; your general reliability and attention to detail (and, I must confess, your eminently legible handwriting) means that you were the first candidate to spring to mind.
The task will likely involve fifteen to twenty hours of work spread over the next several weeks (my list, unfortunately, only keeps growing) to write out and address the cards, as well as keeping track of any season's greetings I receive in return and checking them against my list to ensure they do not go unanswered. You would, of course, be generously compensated for your time, at clerk's wages, and the timing is quite flexible: I would not wish to interfere with your schoolwork.
If you are interested in the task, would you do me the kindness of stopping in my office for a brief visit tomorrow morning, either before or during lunch? I will provide you with further details then. And, of course, if you will not have the time or the inclination I will understand completely, and would appreciate whatever suggestions you might have for a replacement I might approach.
Regards,
Professor Dolohov
As it does every year, the holiday season has crept up on me. This year I have decided to admit defeat early rather than allowing my pride to get the better of me: rather than attempting my holiday greetings on my own, I would like to engage the services of a scribe to assist me in the sending of them. As I have not yet had the time to hire a full-time clerk, and do not have time to conduct the search, I thought to ask a student; your general reliability and attention to detail (and, I must confess, your eminently legible handwriting) means that you were the first candidate to spring to mind.
The task will likely involve fifteen to twenty hours of work spread over the next several weeks (my list, unfortunately, only keeps growing) to write out and address the cards, as well as keeping track of any season's greetings I receive in return and checking them against my list to ensure they do not go unanswered. You would, of course, be generously compensated for your time, at clerk's wages, and the timing is quite flexible: I would not wish to interfere with your schoolwork.
If you are interested in the task, would you do me the kindness of stopping in my office for a brief visit tomorrow morning, either before or during lunch? I will provide you with further details then. And, of course, if you will not have the time or the inclination I will understand completely, and would appreciate whatever suggestions you might have for a replacement I might approach.
Regards,
Professor Dolohov