I wrote a good sentence today in relation to the air quality saga. In response to my “now with confirmatory data!” email, the place where my lessons are held responded with more empty words about (1) the quality of their ventilation and (2) their abiding concern for the health of their students. I replied that I had just brought to their attention science from Harvard that proves their ventilation is inadequate and asked if they want to publicly take the position that over 1900 ppm C02 shows abiding concern for health. They have now said they will have someone in to test the air quality. I suppose that is in the direction of a win.
I wrote a good sentence yesterday in relation to the project about fees for mandatory wasteful bags. I had noticed, at the bottom of one of their emails, the following legal fine print: “Bag charges reflect actual number of bags accepted at delivery” (my emphasis). This feels like legal language designed to shift responsibility to the customer: whether or not I asked for bags, I accepted them, so the fees are justified. So yesterday I did not “accept” all their bags, and then when they charged me for them anyway I wrote them an email that concluded: “Please refund the difference and ensure your drivers are made aware of the importance of complying with your own legal fine print.” (I wonder if they’re just going to change their fine print.)
I also scribbled some sentences in draft reply to a huge ongoing argument I haven’t talked about here. I think they will be good too.