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No Name-Calling (Dem Secretary Goes Haywire)
Politico ^ | 6/17/2009 | Politico

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, it’s “rude when people don’t 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 didn’t end there. Becton continued her riff — responding that the assistant “got played” by someone who was trying to “tick” Becton off. Becton’s 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. It’s a pastime for some. It’s 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, it’s a hot button for me. And please don’t 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 isn’t reflective of the way we do business in this office.”


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To: BossLady

That’s Jimmy’s bio? Interesting...


41 posted on 06/17/2009 5:37:04 PM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: VicVega

yeah~!!!!!!!


42 posted on 06/17/2009 5:37:04 PM PDT by Shimmer1 (Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.)
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To: Dallas59

Probably called Bit*h by most that have dealings with her.


43 posted on 06/17/2009 5:40:17 PM PDT by rebellious49
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To: WeatherGuy

Sent to Ms. Liz:

Madam,

My daughter is also named Elizabeth; she likes to be called Liz, Lizzi, or even Lizard. I find your widely-reported reaction to being called “Liz” very strange, even off-putting and repulsive. And I can’t help but notice that your name isn’t properly capitalized in your e-mail address. Does that not enrage you?

FP


44 posted on 06/17/2009 5:41:12 PM PDT by flowerplough (Bammy = Oprah = Clinton = most elected Democrats, successfully feigning compassion for money&power)
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To: VicVega

To Whomever,


45 posted on 06/17/2009 5:41:47 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (The plan... 0 in power for life. At least that's what they told him.)
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To: Lancey Howard

Hey, I resemble that statement!


46 posted on 06/17/2009 5:42:42 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (The plan... 0 in power for life. At least that's what they told him.)
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To: Dallas59

I had a 7 year relationship with an ‘Elizabeth’ very like this. I had no idea she moved to DC.


47 posted on 06/17/2009 5:44:01 PM PDT by Islander7 (If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
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To: Dallas59
“rude when people don’t even ask permission and take all sorts of liberties with your name,” I agree I hate it when people I do not know or have just met immediately act like we are long lost old friends. I would prefer to be Mrs._____ to them unless I say please call me Kalee. I would never call someone I just meet by their first name unless the introduction was in a social setting and then only if the person was younger than I. I always address older people as Mr or Mrs, especially in a business situation. Where have manners and respect gone?
48 posted on 06/17/2009 5:45:21 PM PDT by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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To: Dallas59

Yes....from the website you posted...LOL! ;)


49 posted on 06/17/2009 5:47:24 PM PDT by BossLady ("WE are the origin of all coming evil" ~~ Carl Jung~~)
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To: kalee

This woman went over the top...


50 posted on 06/17/2009 5:48:40 PM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: Dallas59

I think Liz is a little puffed up with her own self importance...


51 posted on 06/17/2009 5:49:11 PM PDT by GOPJ (MSM NEVER covered flu deaths like this - is the flu killing members of liberal victim groups?)
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To: Dallas59

For some reason I’m feeling this sudden urge to call McDermott’s office and ask for Liz.


52 posted on 06/17/2009 5:52:52 PM PDT by Chesterbelloc
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To: Dallas59
"Lizzy Becton took an axe..."

Just another liberal nutcase bureaucrat on a power trip. Sadly, I'm sure there are thousands like this idiot in DC.

53 posted on 06/17/2009 5:53:45 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.)
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To: Dallas59

Yes she did. I had not read the whole exchange when I posted. BUT...I still agree with her original statement though and if someone gets to familiar with me, I gently correct them. I just hate it when salesmen and such act like they’re your best friend. I prefer to choose my friends and keep business on a professional level. If salesmen, etc persist after I have corrected them, I move on.


54 posted on 06/17/2009 5:54:00 PM PDT by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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To: kalee

Elizabeth should have accepted the apology and then got on to business. I’m so glad I don’t work in an office any longer..


55 posted on 06/17/2009 5:55:35 PM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: kalee

to familiar should be too familiar


56 posted on 06/17/2009 5:55:41 PM PDT by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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To: Dallas59

If someone calls me and I don’t know them and they use my first name or shorten it, it ticks me off. They are being familiar and I don’t know them. They are insinuating a closeness that doesn’t exist. I really do understand this womans response. However I think that she carried it too far.


57 posted on 06/17/2009 5:55:45 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: Publius6961

Betsy Bacon?


58 posted on 06/17/2009 5:56:06 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: DJ MacWoW

She did...in effect she didn’t make a possible friend or get off on a good working relation with her co worker with that over reaction.


59 posted on 06/17/2009 5:58:00 PM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: Dallas59

Those yeast infections are a bitch aren’t they LIZ?


60 posted on 06/17/2009 5:58:08 PM PDT by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash ?)
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