What people seem to misunderstand is that an RSVP on an invitation, or a répondez s’il-vous-plait — literally French for ‘please respond’, doesn’t mean only those who wish to attend are expected to reply, but everybody.
It’s just simple courtesy.
And on that note, before leaving the office for my week-long Christmas break this past Friday, I snapped this picture from the door of a faculty member.
Jonathan Weatherhead says,
ahahaha I coulda used that earlier this year. This is so getting blogged.
Sat says,
well looking at the people you mailed to… I know some of them only check their e-mail every so often by habit, so just find other means to contact them.