over the weekend, i spent some time writing thank you cards to six or seven people that have helped chris and i arrive at being invited- from our recruiter, to our med assistant, up to our PO.
what's sad is that these little cards look so lonely and my normal method of thanking people- sending cookies- has chris looking at me like i'm crazy person.
'you can't mail cookies to a government office' he says.
'i won't cover them in powdered sugar!' says i.
what's a hopeful PCV to do? risk that the cookies could be destroyed upon site? just send the cards? i really want to honestly thank these people (especially our recruiter and PO- they have both been amazing, so candid, and so clearly pivotal in the process!), and my usual idea seems suspect.
thoughts?
5 comments:
Sincere thank you emails should suffice.
Starbucks giftcard?
@Lew: Thanks, I've already sent those! I just wanted to do something a bit more, because of how wonderful everyone has been, especially as we're a couple, which takes a bit more work!
@astronmerpc: I thought of that, but I worry that maybe it's something a government employee can't accept? But thank you for commenting and the suggestion!
I would send an e-mail asking if they would be permitted to accept baked goods or a gift card. At least then they'll know you were thinking about them!
I might just stick with the card, I'm sure they'll be impressed with that alone!
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