Can I repair the damages from a rude email?
Our HOA is managed by a smaller local management company. I also serve on our local HOA board with 2 other neighbors. This morning I called our management company about a leak in our building and was totally distracted by this comment. Manager" I was just making out my Christmas List for my properties". Me " what do you mean? " Manager" you know how we sent out David and Harriets gift baskets?" Manager " your hoa president was kind enough to email our management company and stated this" " Dear Management, if you are going to send out Christmas presents this year, please do not send me any fruitcakes and I do not like fruitcake!" Me " I am soo soo soo embarrassed, and ashamed that our president said this! Please do not let this be a reflection on the rest of our board!~"
Personally I am mortified that an adult professional woman would send that email to our hired management company! Is there anyway to make sure they understand how apologetic I am for this assss??
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The president probably thought s/he was being funny or maybe that's how s/he actually felt (notice it said "please do not send ME..." obviously not speaking for the entire board). Not your problem, not your fault. You stated how you felt and it's time to let it go. If you don't make a huge deal of it, they probably won't either.
You call the Property Manager about a leak and instead of getting professional help you get a useless earful about your colleague's breach in etiquette.
You are dealing with two idiotic people with no manners. Stay out of it from this point forward.
I'm not really seeing a problem. It looks like jocular opinion or maybe a serious personal opinion but I don't see how any reasonable person would consider it reflecting on anybody but the person who said it.