We schedule didactic lectures for undergrads in one of the 5 lecture theaters in the college building. One of the nonclinical departments looks after each of the four theaters other than the main theater. Sometimes the theater allotted to us is not available because it is given for some other work like university examination or activity like a workshop or conference arranged by some department. The Head of the Department responsible for the maintenance of the theater informs us in advance so that we can reschedule the lectures which were originally scheduled on those days.
I received a letter from one of those department. It was as follows, a few of the words masked to protect the identity of all concerned. No critical content of the letter is masked.
The curious part is that out of the two options 'is / is not available', none is struck out. So one cannot make out if the theater is available on those days or not. Common sense tells one that it would be 'not available', since no one would send a letter stating that it was available. No word from 'Sir / Madam' is struck out too, which reinforces the idea that the sender of the letter is lethargic. It bears no signature, which suggests that the Head of the Department is lethargic too, and has assigned the job to someone. An odd thing is that the sender has struck out the word 'Ref', and also written the letter 'M' and struck it out. This shows activity which goes against the idea that the sender is lethargic. Perhaps he/she suffers from a curious type of dyslexia, in which wrong words are struck out. Such dyslexia has not been described in the literature so far - but well, there is always the first case of everything. :-)
I received a letter from one of those department. It was as follows, a few of the words masked to protect the identity of all concerned. No critical content of the letter is masked.
