Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Guest Etiquette Question

[Trudy Reeves (trudyreeves]

I can't help but get into this.  No matter what, how much, or how little is 
given, it deserves a thank you.  

The people who did not even acknowledge the gift are at fault, not you.  They 
may be busy, but really how long does it take to zip off an email or a two 
sentence note?  The only acceptable excuse is that they did not know your email 
or street address.  But with "people finder" on the Internet, even that's a 
little weak.

We try to teach it to our children, we should apply it to ourselves - thank you 
notes.

I think the suggestions have been good - work, gift, or money.  Except, to 
expect a guest to pay the same rate as a B&B is a bit excessive - have you 
stayed in a B&B lately?  In the DC area you are talking $100 to $150 a night, 
not something I can afford on a regular basis.
 
Trudy Reeves
CohoDC




----- Original Message ----
From: Cher Stuewe-Portnoff <cherworks01 [at] yahoo.com>
To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:05:54 AM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Guest Etiquette Question


Such a list would be extremely helpful. Our difficulty has been in finding
out what is wanted and needed. Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sharon Villines [mailto:sharon [at] sharonvillines.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:00 AM
To: Cohousing-L
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Guest Etiquette Question

Another idea for guests is to contribute gifts like sheets and pillow 
cases, pillows, a box of wine glasses, etc. We have had visiting 
parents (actually) who decided that what we really needed was new 
sheets and they would by them in multiple sets.

We have a plan every year to make a list of things we want so it is 
available to people (residents and guests) who may want to give us 
gifts. Sometimes it happens.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org

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