Email from Teacher

[kaligal]

Inappropriate.

If a friend gives you their email, you can use it for personal purposes.

If you get access to people's emails at work, that is not a license to send them personal emails asking for help.

 

[MissManda]

I typically give people the benefit of the doubt and see it as someone who is just trying to find some help and made a slight mistake in judgement to email parents. I don't think it was the most professional thing to do, but doubt she meant any harm by it.

I would guess that if any parents were in the plumbing business, they would be happy for the chance to pick up some business. I don't see it as her wanting something for free. Maybe I'm not as jaded as others, but I've never had anyone ask for help like that and not expect to pay. Besides, that should all be worked out before the help was provided and if that was the case the "helper" could let everyone else know what this person's game was (but my gut reaction to that email wasn't that she was looking for a handout.)

If I got that email, I wouldn't have been bothered by it at all. If I could help, great. If not, just delete it and move on. What would bother me, is if this got to be an on-going thing and she was asking for help. At that point, I would say something to her.

 

[nugov2]

I think it depends on where you are located.

9 months ago when I lived in N. Nevada where I had lived for 20 years I would have said inappropriate. Then last spring, we moved to a small town in Central Texas and I am learning a whole different sense of community. I like that these folks look out for each other, help each other and think nothing about asking for some help. I like that people help each other and don't have ulterior motives other than to lend a hand.

My answer would now be, absolutely nothing wrong with it.

I agree with this. It is all relative to your community. In our community it wouldn't be odd at all. I wouldn't think anyone was looking for "brownie points" by helping someone out. Plus she wasn't asking for it for free, so really she is trying to help out the business of a local community member. I am sure the person getting the extra business would appreciate it. Our school district looks for parents in the community to do jobs all the time so they are giving back to local businesses for jobs that need to get done if the bid is competitive.