What did I win tonight? Suggestions welcome

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

I have not posted a message for a while but could not resist tonight. I just got home from a bowling charity event, bowling on a team with my coworkers. The sponsor of the event was giving away prizes for various achievements that they would call out such as a certain score by frame 5 or the first one to get a split. Well anyways, the DJ happened to observe me getting a gutter ball so I won a prize!!!

I won a 10-pack of Dentyne blast Cool Lime sugarless gum! My reaction was such that one of my bowling mates turned to me and said that I looked like I had just been offered toxic waste! There were plenty of people willing to take the gum of off my hands (I am enjoying two pieces right now in the privacy of my own home). I made a point of saying that I hate gum (other people chewing it of course) and if they took it off my hands that they were not to chew it anywhere around me. Well I took it home and thought about using the 9 unopened packs as a public service announcement. I am considering putting the gum out in the common area where my old cubicle remains vacant after I finally was afforded reprieve into a dungeon like office with mechanical noises from server equipment. Each pack of gum would come with a little note about how ironic it is that I won it and that people should help themselves to it but not to chew it around me. I have definitely been more open over the past few months about asking people not to chew gum around me. But some people may not know yet and others could stand to be reminded.

Thoughts? Suggested wording?

Thanks,

Sonya

[Guest guest]

I don't know if this is relevant, but my friends at school always ask for gum

because they know i always keep some. I like gum...but i dont smack like

everyone else in the world. So anyway, i always give it to them at the end of

class or say i dont have any. Because they forget alll the time i dont like gum

chewers. But eventually, they dont mind not chewing around me. Maybe the not

thing is a good idea?

but just beware...thats a lot of free gum for lots of smackers...

>

> Subject: What did I win tonight? Suggestions welcome

> To: Soundsensitivity

> Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009, 11:23 PM

> Hello all,

>

> I have not posted a message for a while but could not

> resist tonight. I

> just got home from a bowling charity event, bowling on a

> team with my

> coworkers. The sponsor of the event was giving away prizes

> for various

> achievements that they would call out such as a certain

> score by frame 5 or

> the first one to get a split. Well anyways, the DJ

> happened to observe me

> getting a gutter ball so I won a prize!!!

>

> I won a 10-pack of Dentyne blast Cool Lime sugarless gum!

> My reaction was

> such that one of my bowling mates turned to me and said

> that I looked like I

> had just been offered toxic waste! There were plenty of

> people willing to

> take the gum of off my hands (I am enjoying two pieces

> right now in the

> privacy of my own home). I made a point of saying that I

> hate gum (other

> people chewing it of course) and if they took it off my

> hands that they were

> not to chew it anywhere around me. Well I took it home and

> thought about

> using the 9 unopened packs as a public service

> announcement. I am

> considering putting the gum out in the common area where my

> old cubicle

> remains vacant after I finally was afforded reprieve into a

> dungeon like

> office with mechanical noises from server equipment. Each

> pack of gum would

> come with a little note about how ironic it is that I won

> it and that people

> should help themselves to it but not to chew it around me.

> I have

> definitely been more open over the past few months about

> asking people not

> to chew gum around me. But some people may not know yet

> and others could

> stand to be reminded.

>

> Thoughts? Suggested wording?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Sonya

[Guest guest]

If it were me I would Just keep the gum. I think making a note

etc. just draws more attention to the issue – why give yourself more to stress

over. You won it – so just enjoy it. Why give ammo to someone elseJ.

Congrats on your win.

From:

Soundsensitivity [mailto:Soundsensitivity ] On

Behalf Of Sonya Sidky

Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:24 PM

To: Soundsensitivity

Subject: What did I win tonight? Suggestions welcome

Hello

all,

I

have not posted a message for a while but could not resist tonight. I

just got home from a bowling charity event, bowling on a team with my

coworkers. The sponsor of the event was giving away prizes for various

achievements that they would call out such as a certain score by frame 5 or the

first one to get a split. Well anyways, the DJ happened to observe me

getting a gutter ball so I won a prize!!!

I

won a 10-pack of Dentyne blast Cool Lime sugarless gum! My reaction was

such that one of my bowling mates turned to me and said that I looked like I

had just been offered toxic waste! There were plenty of people willing to

take the gum of off my hands (I am enjoying two pieces right now in the privacy

of my own home). I made a point of saying that I hate gum (other people

chewing it of course) and if they took it off my hands that they were not to

chew it anywhere around me. Well I took it home and thought about using

the 9 unopened packs as a public service announcement. I am considering

putting the gum out in the common area where my old cubicle remains vacant

after I finally was afforded reprieve into a dungeon like office with

mechanical noises from server equipment. Each pack of gum would come with

a little note about how ironic it is that I won it and that people should help

themselves to it but not to chew it around me. I have definitely been

more open over the past few months about asking people not to chew gum around

me. But some people may not know yet and others could stand to be

reminded.

Thoughts?

Suggested wording?

Thanks,

Sonya

[Guest guest]

I agree with - don't make an issue over this. Putting notes on gum telling people not to chew it noisily isn't going to achieve anything but animosity towards your condition. We need people to be sensitive around us, not resent snide reminders to chew quietly.

To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Friday, May 1, 2009 1:39:30 PMSubject: RE: What did I win tonight? Suggestions welcome

If it were me I would Just keep the gum. I think making a note etc. just draws more attention to the issue – why give yourself more to stress over. You won it – so just enjoy it. Why give ammo to someone elseJ.

Congrats on your win.

From: Soundsensitivity@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:Soundsensit ivity@yahoogroup s.com] On Behalf Of Sonya SidkySent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:24 PMTo: Soundsensitivity@ yahoogroups. comSubject: What did I win tonight? Suggestions welcome

Hello all,

I have not posted a message for a while but could not resist tonight. I just got home from a bowling charity event, bowling on a team with my coworkers. The sponsor of the event was giving away prizes for various achievements that they would call out such as a certain score by frame 5 or the first one to get a split. Well anyways, the DJ happened to observe me getting a gutter ball so I won a prize!!!

I won a 10-pack of Dentyne blast Cool Lime sugarless gum! My reaction was such that one of my bowling mates turned to me and said that I looked like I had just been offered toxic waste! There were plenty of people willing to take the gum of off my hands (I am enjoying two pieces right now in the privacy of my own home). I made a point of saying that I hate gum (other people chewing it of course) and if they took it off my hands that they were not to chew it anywhere around me. Well I took it home and thought about using the 9 unopened packs as a public service announcement. I am considering putting the gum out in the common area where my old cubicle remains vacant after I finally was afforded reprieve into a dungeon like office with mechanical noises from server equipment. Each pack of gum would come with a little note about how ironic it is that I won it and that people

should help themselves to it but not to chew it around me. I have definitely been more open over the past few months about asking people not to chew gum around me. But some people may not know yet and others could stand to be reminded.

Thoughts? Suggested wording?

Thanks,

Sonya

[Guest guest]

I guess it depends on the atmosphere of the office...if they would take it well and it would give you the opportunity to be heard, then I say go for it.  If it's going to cause animosity or angry gum chewers to accost you by going out of their way to chew in your presence, then maybe not.  I don't entirely think that it's a bad idea though...just depends on the environment. 

It is amazingly ironic...it would be hard not to take advantage of it!  I can totally imagine the look on my face if I won that as a prize...I wouldn't be able to hide the irony.  If it were me, I think I might wonder if it was some sort of a cruel joke?!?

I agree with - don't make an issue over this.  Putting notes on gum telling people not to chew it noisily isn't going to achieve anything but animosity towards your condition.  We need people to be sensitive around us, not resent snide reminders to chew quietly.

To: Soundsensitivity

Sent: Friday, May 1, 2009 1:39:30 PMSubject: RE: What did I win tonight? Suggestions welcome

If it were me I would Just keep the gum. I think making a note etc. just draws more attention to the issue – why give yourself more to stress over. You won it – so just enjoy it. Why give ammo to someone elseJ.

 

Congrats on your win.

 

From: Soundsensitivity@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:Soundsensit ivity@yahoogroup s.com] On Behalf Of Sonya Sidky

Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:24 PMTo: Soundsensitivity@ yahoogroups. comSubject: What did I win tonight? Suggestions welcome

 

Hello all,

 

I have not posted a message for a while but could not resist tonight.  I just got home from a bowling charity event, bowling on a team with my coworkers.  The sponsor of the event was giving away prizes for various achievements that they would call out such as a certain score by frame 5 or the first one to get a split.  Well anyways, the DJ happened to observe me getting a gutter ball so I won a prize!!!

 

I won a 10-pack of Dentyne blast Cool Lime sugarless gum!  My reaction was such that one of my bowling mates turned to me and said that I looked like I had just been offered toxic waste!  There were plenty of people willing to take the gum of off my hands (I am enjoying two pieces right now in the privacy of my own home).  I made a point of saying that I hate gum (other people chewing it of course) and if they took it off my hands that they were not to chew it anywhere around me.  Well I took it home and thought about using the 9 unopened packs as a public service announcement.  I am considering putting the gum out in the common area where my old cubicle remains vacant after I finally was afforded reprieve into a dungeon like office with mechanical noises from server equipment.  Each pack of gum would come with a little note about how ironic it is that I won it and that people

should help themselves to it but not to chew it around me.  I have definitely been more open over the past few months about asking people not to chew gum around me.  But some people may not know yet and others could stand to be reminded.

 

Thoughts?  Suggested wording?

 

Thanks,

 

Sonya

[Guest guest]

Hello!

I think you're very brave - I wouldn't give them away to anyone because there's

always a possibility that they will be an ass hole and chew it stupidly in your

ear!

I actually see other people chewing gum, and ask them if I can have a piece (my

secret intention is to make them run out so they can't chew anymore haha).

I HATE stupid chewers, xxxx.

>

> Hello all,

>

> I have not posted a message for a while but could not resist tonight. I

> just got home from a bowling charity event, bowling on a team with my

> coworkers. The sponsor of the event was giving away prizes for various

> achievements that they would call out such as a certain score by frame 5 or

> the first one to get a split. Well anyways, the DJ happened to observe me

> getting a gutter ball so I won a prize!!!

>

> I won a 10-pack of Dentyne blast Cool Lime sugarless gum! My reaction was

> such that one of my bowling mates turned to me and said that I looked like I

> had just been offered toxic waste! There were plenty of people willing to

> take the gum of off my hands (I am enjoying two pieces right now in the

> privacy of my own home). I made a point of saying that I hate gum (other

> people chewing it of course) and if they took it off my hands that they were

> not to chew it anywhere around me. Well I took it home and thought about

> using the 9 unopened packs as a public service announcement. I am

> considering putting the gum out in the common area where my old cubicle

> remains vacant after I finally was afforded reprieve into a dungeon like

> office with mechanical noises from server equipment. Each pack of gum would

> come with a little note about how ironic it is that I won it and that people

> should help themselves to it but not to chew it around me. I have

> definitely been more open over the past few months about asking people not

> to chew gum around me. But some people may not know yet and others could

> stand to be reminded.

>

> Thoughts? Suggested wording?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Sonya

>