As I mentioned the other day, and as you can see, January 1st is a default birthday date on Talk of The Villages. Anybody who didn't enter their real birthday, gets listed as January 1st.
Well, thousands of greetings went out and we received hundreds of email from people thanking us for the greeting, but saying it isn't their birthday.
Now, you have to understand that many people registered 2, 3 or 4 years ago, and have actually forgotten that they are members. Therefore they are surprised at the greeting. Many have no recollection of registering and have never posted.
Okay, here's the story. Today, I got a pretty nasty response from a woman saying, "well, if that's the way you're going to be, I'll never move to The Villages."
HUH???? Because of a birthday greeting???? So, I looked her up in our files. She registered 3 years ago and selected the screen name "idiot." Apparently she has forgotten about that.
So today, when she got a birthday email from us, it said, "Hello Idiot, Happy Birthday."
JLK