Emails

From: Evan Lahmer
To: Ryan Brodbeck
Subject: Baby Shower

Hey Ryan, I’m not going to be able to make it to the baby shower. It seems as though I have come down with the flu and went to the hospital and although I am feeling better I probably won’t be back in time to come to the shower. Sorry. Let me know if anything else happens sometime so I can come over, thanks.
Evan Lahmer

Mr. Jaynes,
Hi I am Evan Lahmer and I am asking for an extension on my paper. I have been in the hospital for quite a number of days and it seems that with all the work I am missing and with the days in the hospital and not being able to do much, I am not able to finish the paper that I had been working on before that. I should be able to get it done in the next day or two.
Thank you,
Evan Lahmer

In the first message I wrote a more laid back and not as formal of a letter because of the fact that I knew the person very well and I was his friend telling him that I would not be able to come as opposed to the more formal letter to Mr. Jaynes telling him of why I haven’t been in class and that I need an extension. This second letter is more serious and I would be following this up with the final paper which is a bigger deal than not going to a party. The reason I did this is because I feel a paper is much more important than going to a friend’s baby shower and it affected me much more than it would’ve affected my friend.