make your mark, indeed.

people in baltimore cheating and lying? you're kidding! apparently this is the reason i didn't get my free johns hopkins umbrella:

"As you know, this year was the first time that we were able to make survey participation more convenient for you by offering the online option. The high online response rate tells us you appreciated this method. Online survey respondents were instructed to print a voucher on the final screen to redeem the thank you gift. The voucher, to protect your confidentiality, was a generic form.

It is with great disappointment, that I have suspended public distribution of the umbrellas on the East Baltimore campus. Please remember, unlike our annual Best of the Best celebration and gift distribution to all employees, these umbrellas were intended only for those who completed the survey. Yesterday when we began distribution, many employees came with the vouchers as requested. Many others, however, brought photocopied and faxed copies of the voucher as well as stories of lost vouchers. The volunteers who were there to serve gave each person an umbrella even though many of the vouchers were clearly not authentic. But we realized by noon that we were going to run out of umbrellas. So we made the decision to suspend distribution.

I understand that this problem only occurred on the East Baltimore campus. Next week we will determine how we can make any remaining umbrellas available to those who took the survey. We regret any inconvenience this caused to our hardworking employees. Thank you again to those of you who Made Your Mark. Survey results will be available and shared with you in the near future."

bitches!