For better or for worse, you have to feel for Elizabeth Becton, and for the assistant at a Washington lobbying group who made the mistake of calling her "Liz" in an e-mail.
Tips to ensure that e-mails sent quickly are also considerate.
Becton is executive assistant and office manager for Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., and in a one-hour period last month, she got angry at a lobbyist at McBee Strategic Consultanting, who sounded a touch too chummy when trying to set up a meeting between the congressman and some representatives of JPMorgan Chase.
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Here's a redacted version of the e-mail exchange, as published by Politico:
From: XXX
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 11:38 AM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: JPMC Meeting Request
Elizabeth,
Attached is a meeting request for JP Morgan Chase who will be in DC June 3rd-4th and would like to request a brief meeting with the Congressman.
Let me know if you need any additional information.
Thank you!
Best,
XXX
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From: XXX
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:05 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Hi Liz,
just checking in on whether the Congressman is available next week. [REDACTED] can confirm a meeting time for you - she is available at [REDACTED].
Thank you!
Best,
XXX
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From: Becton, Elizabeth
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:07 PM
To: XXX
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Importance: High
Who is Liz?
Elizabeth Becton
Executive Assistant/Office Manager
Office of Congressman Jim McDermott
XXXX Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
XXX phone
XXX fax
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From: XXX
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:07 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Hi Elizabeth, I thought you went by Liz - apologies if that is incorrect. Best, XXX
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From: Becton, Elizabeth
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:08 PM
To: XXX
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
I do not go by Liz. Where did you get your information?
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Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:10 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Hi Elizabeth, I'm so sorry if I offended you! I thought you had gone by Liz at Potlatch, this was my mistake. Best, XXX
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From: Becton, Elizabeth
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:11 PM
To: XXX
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
NEVER. I hate that name.
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From: XXX
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:13 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Hi Elizabeth, I'm so sorry if I offended you! I must have mis-heard. My mistake! Best, XX
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From: Becton, Elizabeth
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:20 PM
To: XXX
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Importance: High
XXX:
If I wanted you to call me by any other name, I would have offered that to you. I think it's rude when people don't even ask permission and take all sorts of liberties with your name. This is a real sore spot with me. My name has a lot of "nicknames" which I don't use. I use either my first name or my last name because I row with a lot of other women who share the same first name. Now, please do not ever call me by a nickname again.
As for your meeting request, who is the point of contact for this meeting? If it's not you, then I need to know who because it's very time-consuming to deal with a lot of people for one meeting.
Thanks,
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From: XXX
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:23 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Hi Elizabeth, I'm so sorry I offended you! My mistake!
XXX can confirm a meeting time for you - she is available at XXX XXXX.
Thank you!
Best, XXX
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From: XXX
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:33 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Of course! Again, I am sincerely sorry for offending you. I must have mis-heard and it was in no way my intention to make you upset. I always enjoy working with you and seeing you at the WSS events J
Best,
XXX
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From: Becton, Elizabeth
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:37 PM
To: XXX
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Sounds like you got played by someone who KNOWS I hate that name and that it's a fast way to TICK me off. Who told you that I go by that name? They are not your friend...
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From: XXX
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:38 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Hi Elizabeth,
Again, I am sincerely sorry for offending you. I don't want to cause trouble as I clearly must have mis-heard the person at Potlatch. It was in no way my intention to make you upset.
Best,
XXX
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From: Becton, Elizabeth
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:41 PM
To: XXX
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Importance: High
I REALLY want to know who told you to call me that.
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From:XXX
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:44 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Hi Elizabeth,
Again, I am sincerely sorry for offending you. I don't recall who I overheard. It was in no way my intention to make you upset.
Best,
XXX
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From: Becton, Elizabeth
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:04 PM
To: XXX
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Let me put it this way, they don't know me and perhaps they were PRETENDING to know me better than they do and pretended that I go by Liz. They did YOU a disservice.
In the future, you should be VERY careful about such things. People like to brag about their connections in DC. It's a past time for some. It's also dangerous to eaves drop, as you have just found out.
Quit apologizing and never call me anything but Elizabeth again. Also, make sure you correct anyone who attempts to call me by any other name but Elizabeth. Are we clear on this? Like I said, it's a hot button for me.
And please don't call the office and not leave a message. My colleague told me you called while I was away at the Ladies' room. I do sometimes leave my desk.
Source
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Here is the real deal along with some very funny comments from people
Elizabeth J Becton, Congressional Staffer - Salary Data
I guess this nut job makes like $88,000.00 a year.
I can't even get a job and this PMS spokesperson makes 88 grand a year!!!
She must have some kind of mystical, magical rack or cooter or both.
If I ever spoke like that at work I would be terminated THEN prosecuted.
Liz...your just what in the "olden days" we used to call a secretary...get over the f-ing power trip and buy yourself a dildo, pocket rocket or something.
Sheesh.
Looks like she has a facebook page too in the Washington D.C. Network.....good luck with that Liz.
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Some of the funny comments on the congressional salary website indicated above;
by Roger on 06/18/2009 08:34 PM EDT
Thank you!
Lizzie! How'ya doin'?
by beckyrebeccabeckwhatever on 06/18/2009 08:30 PM EDT
Thank you!
Hey Liz, You should be fired for misuse of government information systems. You should be ashamed of yourself!
by Rod Jennings on 06/18/2009 07:26 PM EDT
Thank you!
Liz, yes LIZ, your behavior was despicable. If my admins ever carried on in such a childish and manner way she would have been out on her ass before the sun went down. Regardless of what you want to be called, your job is not to lecture and harangue people for a simple honest mistake. Your job is to represent your Congressman to the citizens of this country that pay your and his salary and you have reflected badly on your Congressman. You are a public SERVANT, its time you grew up and acted like one or find a less demanding job that doesn't involve dealing with other human beings.
by anonymous on 06/18/2009 07:20 PM EDT
Thank you!
Unebelievable...better rethink your attitude, "my god is a vow" (meaning of your precious name). Prepare for a lifetime of mockery. An apology to that poor Chase worker is in order, or your karma will make you a snapping turtle in your next life.
by Liz on 06/18/2009 06:35 PM EDT
Thank you!
You have a right to be angry Liz. How do you live on 27K a year. They should at least call you loser.
by anonymous on 06/18/2009 05:51 PM EDT
Thank you!
If your boss works somewhere that has a national approval rating of around 13%, maybe it would be best if you didn't act like a self-important tool. Get over yourself. Like most of us, you're really not that important.
by Dori Fan! on 06/18/2009 05:46 PM EDT
Thank you!
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by HateBullies on 06/18/2009 05:13 PM EDT
Thank you!
What a arrogant Bitch-bully...a simple correction would have suffice, but she spent hours of taxpayer's money bullying and hectoring a hapless someone...hope she is not a mother...
by RAL on 06/18/2009 05:07 PM EDT
Thank you!
Okay, Elizabeth, you ready to surrender? Have you apologized yet? Someday this too, shall pass.
by Ted Bundy on 06/18/2009 04:54 PM EDT
Thank you!
Ok Liz, it was me that told her to address you as Liz. We can talk about this, email me at Ted.Bundy@hotmail.com And oh, I do not like to be addressed as Theodore.
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Funny how assholes become famous in an instant isn't it?
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
The RIAA Will Destroy You If You Get In The Way.
A woman who won a retrial after a US$220,000 verdict against her for sharing music files has now been ordered to pay $1.92 million by a jury in Minnesota.
In 2007, when she lost the original suit, Jammie Thomas-Rasset was one of the first people to receive a guilty verdict in a case backed by the Recording Industry Association of America, which has filed more than 20,000 lawsuits against people in a bid to stop online music trading and copyright infringement.
On Thursday, a jury ordered her to pay $80,000 for each of the 24 songs she is accused of illegally trading over the Kazaa Internet service. The jury could have ordered her to pay between $750 and $150,000 per song.
In a statement, the RIAA said it was pleased that the jury found the defendant liable and that it continues to be willing to settle the case.
Thomas' case has been closely followed, in part because she was a single parent of two children and did not appear to be trading massive volumes of music.
After her case went to court, the recording industry late last year said it would no longer pursue individuals who trade in small numbers of songs. Instead it pledged to first notify ISPs of people who trade large volumes of songs and ask for the ISPs' help in shutting down the activity.
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The RIAA tells the U.S. to suck it's wiener...and they do.
Here is Mr. Rock and Roll himself Cary Sherman.
He is the HNIC at the RIAA.
What did he win aside from destroying some woman's life?
What did he spend to assure he won the lawsuit which I have absolutely no doubt will never, ever be paid?
Like the woman has $1.92 Million laying around.
Cary wasn't after money of course, he has gold coins coming out of his ass when he farts I am sure.
He was after precedent...which he got.
Now your ALL potential for being sued out of existence.
Funny part is I have been taking CD's out of my local library, ripping them, putting them on my MP3 and digging them.
So in essence the state is now sharing music illegally, for free.
No money to the record company.
No money to the artists.
No money to anyone.
It's like freaking Heaven on Earth and it's all illegal apparently.
I don't know what to think anymore.
Cary could have thrown that money at a charity, a college fund, any number of great causes would have loved to have what Cary Sherman threw at suing Jammie Thomas.
And WTF? Between $750.00 and $150,000.00 per song?
Have you ever heard of a unarmed robber taking $100 from the local 7-Eleven, being caught and having to pay $15,000,000.00 in restitution?
What kind of retarded jury did the prosecution manage to get on board with this?
I guess I shouldn't expect much more from Minnesota, aside from a little cousin on cousin love.
Since when did the music industry get into the business of destroying lives?
It's music!
It's not drugs, or military secrets, or some new fusion energy the oil companies want to keep under wraps.
It's just music and mostly bad music at that.
It's frigging Brittany Spears bullshit, lame ass, over produced, crap.
Here is the precedent Cary Sherman managed to set.
"Fuck with the RIAA and we will destroy you financially."
Who the hell granted the RIAA this kind of power?
Unfortunately for Cary, the Internet still exists.
I listen to unsigned musicians from their own grass roots web sites via pod casts.
I haven't bought a new CD now in about 3 years.
Used or from the library or the web...that's what Cary has taught me.
"Don't pay the bully, just walk around the block the other way."
Cary Sherman and the RIAA have convinced me to never again pay for a CD in the store from the manufacturer.
I have written this code of ethics for those of us to whom the RIAA appear repugnant.
Ethics Cary...sound out the word...you might have heard it before...I bet they taught it at Cornell University and Harvard Law School during your time there.
They must be so proud of all you have accomplished...
I digress....
I call it the;
"Civil Disobedience in regards to the RIAA Code of Ethics"
1) I will only buy used CDs from independent merchants.
2) I will borrow CDs on loan from my local library thereby involving the state and local authorities in any legal proceedings occurring from utilizing legal services paid for by my tax dollars.
3) I will donate my CDs to my local library after my use OR I will resell them to independent merchants directly.
4) I will freely loan or give my CDs to friends, family, coworkers or associates whom may want them for their personal use.
5) I will never again buy a new CD that is in any way affiliated or complies with the RIAA.
6) I will utilize the vast resources on the web for new and original music I never heard before.
7) I will shut off my radio or change my listening habits as broadcasters adhere to strictly enforced play list rotations of what they deem of worth to me.
8) I will openly speak and promote the music I discover without RIAA regulation involvement to my friends, family, coworkers and associates.
9) I will avoid artist's creative works when said artists comply or work in conjunction with the RIAA in any way, shape or form. ( This in particular avoids having substandard "talent" shoved down our collective throats by the record industry, ala Lady GaGa)
10) I will practice my freedom of choice backed by the power of not spending my money in any direction the RIAA directly or indirectly profits from.
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