President of Princeton Shows Off Her People Skills
Oh please oh please oh please let this email we were forwarded be true! (We emailed the kid, but he’s not talking.)
From: “Shirley M. Tilghman” <smt@Princeton.EDU>
Date: Oct. 16, 2006 5:12:04 PM
To: [redacted]@Princeton.EDU
Subject: RE: Special FavorDear [redacted],
I am afraid that this is way BELOW my pay scale. This is NOT something the president should be weighing in on.
Good luck!
SMT
—–Original Message—–
From: [redacted]@princeton.edu
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:09 PM
To: Shirley M Tilghman (smt@Princeton.EDU)
Subject: Special FavorPresident Tilghman,
On Mondays and Tuesdays I work for Public Safety’s Shuttle and Lockout services. I live in Little and after work I swim in Dillon before going to dinner. Earlier today I asked the parking office if they could give me a permit to park in the Little/Edwards parking lot for one hour twice a week, and they said you were the person to talk to. Will you help me out? All I need is 530-630pm on Mondays and 830-930pm on Tuesdays.
I look forward to hearing from you,
thanks,
[redacted] ‘07
As president of Princeton University, Shirley Tilghman’s pay grade probably is above parking-permit requests (especially a clueless, or prank-y, one like this). But still — how much do you get paid to be this pretentious, yet still have time to answer the email?
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October 20th, 2006 at 11:57 am
This is so silly it’s probably true. Could this BE the next big story?
October 20th, 2006 at 12:30 pm
who cares. Btw, why nothing today on Vayner in Dealbook?
October 20th, 2006 at 4:33 pm
sounds like Princeton to me
October 20th, 2006 at 5:57 pm
pic caption: “Are these button fly? I haven’t done this in a few years..”
October 20th, 2006 at 10:25 pm
Shirlz responds to almost all semi-legit e-mails sent to smt@. Like the one inviting her to a party at TI…
October 20th, 2006 at 10:39 pm
Shirlz responds to almost all semi-legit e-mails sent to smt@. Like the one inviting her to a party at TI…
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:28 am
First of all: the President of the University ACTUALLY ANSWERED AN EMAIL from a mere student. Having gone to Harvard during the reign of Summers, I can say that this is as infinitesimally rare as the sighting of a yeti… Second: I believe Tilghman is making what is commonly known as a “joke.” Also yeti-level behavior for a university president. Tilghman is amazing, and IvyGate, of all people, should have a sense of humor, no?
August 4th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
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