Astrid flies in and out (ooooooh) and presses 'reply to all'
Maaaaaaa, how embarrassing.
The Marsaskala Residents Group sent out a press release this morning and included Astrid Vella in the group email to editors, newsrooms and other interested parties.
Perhaps because she was busy ‘flying in and out’ (kemm sirna importanti), she failed to notice that she was just one of very many who received the press release and that it had been sent to newsrooms already – at the same time it was sent to her.
So she pressed reply – turns out it was ‘reply all’ – and gave the Marsaskala Residents Group some very bossy (and revealing) advice.
Maaaaa, how embarrassing, ay.
What are the odds that she read in on a Blackberry (while flying in and out) and saw only her name on the tiny screen?
—– Original Message —–
From: Astrid Vella
To: ‘Adrian Sciberras’ ; ‘Adrian Sciberras’
Cc: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; ‘MScala Stephen Vassallo’ ; [email protected] ; ‘MScala Norman Buckle’ ; ‘Mscala Grace & Lino livori’ ; ‘astrid.vella @ambjentahjar.org’ ; ‘Perit Carmel Cacopardo’ ; ‘MScala Rosette Galea Naudi’ ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; ‘MScala Maria Buckle’ ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; ‘Charlene Sciberras’ ; ‘Matthew Borg’ ; ‘Carl Cachia’ ; ‘Nicholas Vella’
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 3:11 PM
Subject: RE: for immediate release
Hi, I’ve just flown in and out. The PR needs a bit of work done to it esp since PRs should not be longer than 500 and this is 740 words which means that editors will shorten it, often deleting vital parts. If you can wait until this evening, I’m sure I could edit it so that the newspapers don’t delete your important points.
Best,
Astrid Vella
www.faa.org.mt
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B’daqsek x’gara? Xi darba tmiss ‘il-papa! M’hemmx sigrieti jew xi haga illegali.
Ahh, so they are used to deleting vital parts.
[Daphne – Vital parts. I trust somebody’s warned her not to translate it literally into Maltese because it means something entirely different, like the wedding tackle Saviour Balzan needs to find before Saturday.]
No problem for ‘Savvy’, Daphne. Was just informed of his purchase of a pack of Viagra. Time to ‘stand up’ and be counted.
It’s like an impromptu speech from the box missing the mark by a million miles.
Flies in and out, bhad-dubbien. Fejnu dak ir-Raid, jew dik is-swatter?
Perhaps she tried to do to the Marsaskala Residents what Kurt Farrugia tried to do (and he succeeded) to Marisa Micallef.
Delusions of grandeur. A rather common symptom.
Vital bits are not necessarily factually correct.
Can’t see what the big deal is.
Anyways for the M’Scala residents on this issue, any publicity is good publicity!
The best thing that happened to Marsaskala is that Astrid is not from this town but from Sliema. I live in Marsaskala but have never heard of this association.
She had better fly out and never fly back. Very embarrassing.