supervisor's response to ice cream request?

thankfully our supervisor took our request seriously. here is his reply:

Johnny,

This worthy cause and I want to commend you on this one. This kind of request should start with petition for from all employees and then move forward with a request. I just want to add weight on the issue. Time is not on your side though and since you are leaving the center somebody has take on this task and I highly recommend you to start recruiting folks ASAP. If I am not mistaken, what you are saying is lack of ice cream is a contributing factor for drop of productivity activity and that is big and I would like to tackle head on.

Please advise me on this important issue who is assuming the role of capturing 1250 signature.......


Mr. T


we of course had to reply immediately:

Dear Mr. T,

I am honored you feel this is a worthy cause. A petition is an excellent idea, however, I feel 1,250 signatures is an unreasonable number of signatures to obtain. I will get signatures of 60% of the current staff, faculty, and neurologists.

I'm not sure I trust anyone to overtake this task. I was hoping you would feel passionately enough about this issue to become the new driving force behind it. But I will forward this reply to my co-workers, as they may be good candidates, as well. However, I feel they have more important work to focus on.

Thank you for your time and consideration, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

-Johnny-