tigresacanela24
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Letter?
Posted: 01-24-07 14:16pm
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I have to write a letter to the tenants
advising them of the employee's death. I
have never had to do this before and I
have no idea how to do it without making
it sound like an obituary. Can anyone
help me, I have no precedent and no idea
of the proper protocol...
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Kia
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Posted: 01-24-07 14:18pm
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Tennants?
Tennants of where?
And why do you have to do it? He didn't
die at work 
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Melissa_20
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Re: Letter?
Posted: 01-24-07 14:20pm
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| tigresacanela24
wrote: | | i have to write a letter to
the tenants advising them of the
employee's death. I have never had to
do this before and I have no idea how to
do it without making it sound like an
obituary. Can anyone help me, I have no
precedent and no idea of the proper
protocol... |
I would just write the mr. So and so died
of ____________ on _(date)___ and give
them # to call for more detailed info???
I dunno
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tigresacanela24
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Posted: 01-24-07 14:25pm
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| kia_breizzze
wrote: | tennants?
Tennants of where?
And why do you have to do it? He didn't
die at work |
i'm a property manager. The tenants of
the building. One of the maintenance men
died. Unfortunately the rule book says
that I should notify them of a death of a
staff member but unfortunately they don't
have an example letter. Grrr!!!! I'd
normally just draft one myself but i'm
frightened to do it because i'm not good
with the death stuff. I don't know the
rules.
Mel that might work. When in doubt keep
it simple.
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Bridget
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Posted: 01-24-07 14:30pm
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I'm not good at this but how about
something like...
Dear tenants,
sadly, one of our staff members recently
passed away. his name, a maintenance man
with us for x years, died of ________ on
________. For further details please call
blahblahblah.
Short and sweet.
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Melissa_20
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Posted: 01-24-07 14:36pm
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| iheartmybostonterrier
wrote: | i'm not good at this but how
about something like...
Dear tenants,
sadly, one of our staff members recently
passed away. his name, a maintenance man
with us for x years, died of ________ on
________. For further details please
call blahblahblah.
Short and
sweet. |
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Kia
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Posted: 01-24-07 14:42pm
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Yup I agree with mel and bridget.
Short, simple and to the point and doesn't
give excess info to those who don't need
it.
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tigresacanela24
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 01-24-07 14:47pm
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  your
avatar is awesome .Kay! I almost peed
myself!
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tigresacanela24
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Sunflower_pie81
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Posted: 01-24-07 16:20pm
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Unless your employee died of some toxic
stuff then why notify the tenants?
What business is it of thier's that he
died?
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Sandbox Party
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Posted: 01-24-07 16:24pm
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| sunflower_pie81
wrote: | unless your employee died of
some toxic stuff then why notify the
tenants?
What business is it of thier's that he
died? |
seriously.
Why?
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Posted: 01-24-07 16:28pm
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| sunflower_pie81
wrote: | unless your employee died of
some toxic stuff then why notify the
tenants?
What business is it of thier's that he
died? |
because he was the maintenance man, it is
only curteous to inform the
tenants...Because they may have addressed
some maintenance concerns to the guy, or
he may have been working on something in
their apt. That is unfinished etc. And
you don't want the tenants to think that
he is just not showing up.
So .Kay in that letter/notice I would add
an additional line...Stating who is now
handling the maintenance work and how to
contact them, or you with any quiries or
concerns in regards to maintenance.
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Sandbox Party
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Posted: 01-24-07 16:31pm
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| foxy
wrote: | | sunflower_pie81
wrote: | unless your employee died of
some toxic stuff then why notify the
tenants?
What business is it of thier's that he
died? |
because he was the maintenance man, it is
only curteous to inform the
tenants...Because they may have addressed
some maintenance concerns to the guy, or
he may have been working on something in
their apt. That is unfinished etc.
And you don't want the tenants to think
that he is just not showing up.
So .Kay in that letter/notice I would add
an additional line...Stating who is now
handling the maintenance work and how to
contact them, or you with any quiries or
concerns in regards to
maintenance. |
they dont have to say he died.. They
could merely point out that he will no
longer be providing services to them and
any concerns they still have should be
adressed to the office staff to be taken
care of.
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El
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Posted: 01-24-07 16:40pm
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| rainfire1424
wrote: | | sunflower_pie81
wrote: | unless your employee died of
some toxic stuff then why notify the
tenants?
What business is it of thier's that he
died? |
seriously.
Why? |
yeah totally, the man's death is his own
business, I would steer clear of
mentioning what he died of.
I'd simply say,
we/i regretfully advise i/we have recently
been informed of the recent (if unexpected
or sudden, pop that in) passing of
so-and-so.
Maybe if there's already a new guy, you
can say he'll be taking over any
maintenence issue, if not, you can say,
i/we expect to appoint somebody shortly to
address your maintenance issues, and i/we
appreciate your understanding and patience
in the interim.
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Bridget
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Posted: 01-24-07 16:40pm
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| rainfire1424
wrote: | | foxy
wrote: | | sunflower_pie81
wrote: | unless your employee died of
some toxic stuff then why notify the
tenants?
What business is it of thier's that he
died? |
because he was the maintenance man, it is
only curteous to inform the
tenants...Because they may have addressed
some maintenance concerns to the guy, or
he may have been working on something in
their apt. That is unfinished etc.
And you don't want the tenants to think
that he is just not showing up.
So .Kay in that letter/notice I would add
an additional line...Stating who is now
handling the maintenance work and how to
contact them, or you with any quiries or
concerns in regards to
maintenance. |
they dont have to say he died.. They
could merely point out that he will no
longer be providing services to them and
any concerns they still have should be
adressed to the office staff to be taken
care of. |
maybe some of the tenants were friendly
with him? I think it's just a courtesy to
inform people when a staff member dies.
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 01-24-07 16:42pm
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I think it's a sign of respect, just to
let everyone know. Maybe some people
would want to pay their respects to his
relatives or attend the service?
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Posted: 01-24-07 16:49pm
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Short and sweet is best. We put things
up like that at work when someone's parent
or something dies. Find out if they
maybe want donations sent somewhere too
(instead of flowers)
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