Swipe File AA
GDMSL-118. It’s not true! Many O’Sullivan will not sing in the Persian Room this summer. She must have started this rumor herself… out of a suppressed desire to see her name in lights.
Dear Mr. Jones: It’s not true! Many O’Sullivan will not sing in the Persian Room this summer. She must have started this rumor herself… out of a suppressed desire to see her name in lights. Recently she started calling her uniform a bunny costume and singing Irish lullabies while making up the beds. She even asked Julius Monk for a walk-on part in “Dime a Dozen” at the Plaza 9-! We appreciate her zeal, but her talents as a chambermaid are more valuable in the bedroom than the Persian Room. And anyway, she’ll be very busy this summer. Why? Because it’s summer. People are flocking to New York just for […]
GDMSL-117. I wanted to enclose a copy of the picture with this letter but Mr. Sonnabend said, “Who cares what a chambermaid looks like?” You care, don’t you? Drop me a note and I’ll send you the picture.
Dear Mr. Jones: Don’t tell me about labor problems! Just as Mr. Sonnabend and I were developing a nice working relationship (he was just beginning to see things my way), he ups and gets promoted to President of The Plaza. Then he took on a new Vice President and General Manager to run the hotel for him. And here I am trying to train the new man… right in the middle of the busy season. Now I ask you! It could be worse. He isn’t really new. He used to be Pesident Manager of The Plaza some years back… and has all kinds of experience in hotels. His name is […]
GDMSL-116. It’s me again. The Chambermaid. Remember? How are you? I’m fine, but a lot has happened here recently. For one thing, Mr. Sonnabend, our Managing Director, found out that I wrote you and almost fired me for going over his head in the sales letter department.
Dear Mr. Jones: It’s me again. The Chambermaid. Remember? How are you? I’m fine, but a lot has happened here recently. For one thing, Mr. Sonnabend, our Managing Director, found out that I wrote you and almost fired me for going over his head in the sales letter department. Luckily he asked everybody what they thought. That’s what saved me. We got a lot of new guest reservations. One man even said Mr. Sonnabend and I should trade jobs. Isn’t that funny? Mr. Sonnabend didn’t think so. Anyway, maybe it was you asked if we think The Plaza is the only hotel in New York. Of course it isn’t. There […]
GDMSL-115. Recently, one of our chambermaids, Mary O’Sullivan, wrote a sales letter which you may have received. (A privilege that I usually reserve for yourself, as I am rather good at it.)
Dear Mr. Jones: I have a problem. It’s like this. Recently, one of our chambermaids, Mary O’Sullivan, wrote a sales letter which you may have received. (A privilege that I usually reserve for yourself, as I am rather good at it.) But, after all, it made her happy, and I’m a big one for employee morale… we have company picnics, bowling leagues, elevator races and all that kind of stuff. Well, the point is, Mary O’Sullivan got 387 replies to her letter including over 100 orders. (We have a quaint custom of calling them reservations instead of orders.) But her letter talked only of our bedrooms. She didn’t say a […]
GDMSL-114. I’m the Chambermaid. I have my own stationary. I take care of the rooms at The Plaza.
Dear Mr. Jones: I’m the Chambermaid. I have my own stationary. I take care of the rooms at The Plaza. The rooms at The Plaza are The Plaza’s heart and soul, the real reason The Plaza is such a lovely memory in the minds of our guests who visit us so often. I like the rooms (and suites) better than anything else at The Plaza. The reasonable room rates are our most important asset (that’s what our management says, so why there are special summer rates I’ll never know.) Anyway, the rooms have all sorts of advantages over the other attractions at The Plaza. You can eat magnificent food this […]
GDMSL-113. a free gift for you from s. mouse…
a free gift for you from s. mouse… now that im the boss here at s. rose, inc., im going to think big. i will start by giving you something just to get you to come down here and buy filing cabinets, and desks and chairs or new and used office machines and equipment. so i will give you the second story of this building. i dont think anybody ever gave away so much just to drum up trade, but thats the way a big executive operates. actually i got the idea from dick rose, bob was talking to him the other day and he said, hey, dick, what will […]