Posted on 06/17/2009 5:12:13 PM PDT by Dallas59
If you want to score a meeting with Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), know this: His scheduler/office manager, Elizabeth Becton, is to be addressed by her full name not Liz or any other variant.
An executive assistant at McBee Strategic recently learned this the hard way. A few weeks ago, the assistant e-mailed Becton seeking a meeting with McDermott and a client, JPMorgan Chase. Days later, the assistant checked back in and unfortunately began the e-mail with Hi Liz.
Becton curtly replied, Who is Liz?
When the assistant wrote back with an apology, Becton turned up the heat. I do not go by Liz. Where did you get your information? she asked.
The back-and-forth went on for 19 e-mails, with the assistant apologizing six times if she had offended Becton, while Becton lectured about name-calling.
Becton told the assistant that if someone said using Liz was acceptable, then they are not your friend, and If I wanted you to call me by any other name, I would have offered that to you. Plus, its rude when people dont even ask permission and take all sorts of liberties with your name, she said, adding: Please do not ever call me by a nickname again.
But the tirade didnt end there. Becton continued her riff responding that the assistant got played by someone who was trying to tick Becton off. Bectons final, searing missive stated: In the future, you should be VERY careful about such things. People like to brag about their connections in D.C. Its a pastime for some. Its also dangerous to eavesdrop, as you have just found out. Quit apologizing and never call me anything but Elizabeth again. Also, make sure you correct anyone who attempts to call me by any other name but Elizabeth. Are we clear on this? Like I said, its a hot button for me. And please dont call the office and not leave a message. My colleague told me you called while I was away. ... I do sometimes leave my desk.
McDermott spokesman Mike DeCesare told us Tuesday, An apology is being issued as we speak, adding, This isnt reflective of the way we do business in this office.
Ugly Betty!
Same here.
Ok, ok, I get it sweetie! Lol.
Betsie Wetsie would work for Liz.
I think she made herself a target for ridicule when she sent 19 emails after the incident AND ignored 6 apologies by the poor casual straphanger who tried to engage her
There has never been an American generation that did not enjoy poking irreverent humor at pompous asses.
Hi Asshat.Remember me?
Beyotch is a good name for her.
Why Yes, Yes I do...
I disagree. She has every right to ask to be treated respectfully by someone that she doesn’t know. I am also very irritated by someone presuming intimacy when I have just met them.
You have no idea if the person presuming was the first that day or the tenth. It may well be that someone told her to do it. Maybe Becton was having a bad day and went overboard but I’ve been pushed there by pushy people too.
You spell checker you! LoL
I saw that she started out as a Republican Congressional staffer for the 8 years of the Bush admin, then switched over to a Dem Liz McDermott.
Could she have been a mole for the Dark Dem side and then moved over to the Dems?
LOL, that would burn her cat hairs.
She is a government employee, we pay her salary! I hope she takes her business elsewhere, we don't need thin skinned government employees like her.
Here's a brand new hatchet!
Hang in there, Miss BordonBectmon
; ~ )
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