Ford Wrote To Say They Will Write

June 18, 2007 on 8:40 pm | In Communications |

This just in from the Department of Redundancy Department.

Ford sent me a letter recently saying that they got my letter, and will write back soon. Specifically, they said:

“This letter is to acknowledge receipt of your correspondence. Thank you for your interest in our company. Your correspondence will be forwarded to the appropriate division within Ford Motor Company for handling.”

It was nice to get a letter from the world headquarters, but what was the point? Is it really worth the slice of tree and $0.41 of stockholder’s cash to tell me they’re going to tell me something? Couldn’t they have just forwarded it to the appropriate department and answered my question?

They didn’t even have to figure out where to forward it — the letter was already addressed to Bill Ford!