To An
Airline
Dear ___________
,
This letter
is to complain about the way I was treated on my flight
from ______ to ______
last ______. I wouldn't treat a dog the way you treated
me on that flight; first, because dogs deserve better, and
second, because since you lost my dog on the flight I can
no longer treat him any way at all. He was about __ years
old, with colouring, and his pedigree
includes a background of ______ and just a little ______
(I never claimed he was a purebred).
He answers to
the name of ______ and
although he has never flown before, he has
been up in the air so long now he could
probably qualify for a pilot's license.
How can anybody
lose a dog on an airplane flight? Luggage, perhaps; virginity,
maybe; appetite, sans doute. But a dog?
If is not back
in my arms and home by this I plan to go to the head office
of your corporation in and bite your president.
Sincerely yours,
____________

To
The Hospital Where Your
Baby Was Born
Dear Hospital
Staff:
How can I ever thank you for your assistance in delivering
my most recent child last ______ __ , 19__.
It was a real thrill to be in such competent hands, even
though at times they weren't particularly clean.
The delivery
itself went smoothly, probably thanks to the millions of
dollars worth of sparkling equipment you used on me. But
if
I had three dozen machines beeping and bopping around me,
and I wasn't even born yet, I probably would be as panic-stricken
as my baby was.
I'm sure it was necessary for you to rush my newborn away
from me, to be sent off to another part of the hospital
for "observation." I ended up bonding wonderfully
with the head nurse in the ward, and the giant monitoring
machine that kept me awake that night.
I needn't mention
the hospital food. And the fact that the nurse kept shoving
a bottle of sugar-water into my infant's mouth whenever
I tried to nurse, and her slipping a "gift-pack"
of infant formula into my purse before I left was, I am
sure, only a sign of her eagerness to help.
Strange, though:
when I gave birth to my first child in the back seat of
a taxi, I never got sick, but I've had the most bizarre
infections ever since I left your hospital. Do you suppose
that's because normal people take cabs, whereas sick people
tend to go to hospitals?
Sincerely,
____________
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