No Signature, No Spine

 No Signature, No Spine

When I requested a prepaid shipping label to return company property, I did it professionally -- in writing, with clear terms.

The president of Venture Forthe, James Tretter, responded. He said they'd send it. That should've closed the loop.

Instead, what I received was... a box. Inside the box: a shipping label. And an unsigned, generic form letter demanding I return their equipment "promptly."

No contact name.

No title.

Not even a signature.

Just "Sincerely, Venture Forthe." (Which, let's be honest, is doing a lot of heavy lifting for a company that has shown me very little sincerity.)

And the voicemail from IT? Left "because she was told to." She was just the messenger. No one else had the nerve to speak up or follow through.

Here's the problem:

They didn't initiate this return.

They didn't follow up like professionals.

They didn't own it.

They just tossed in a prewritten demand letter like it was bubble wrap and hoped it looked official enough to count. But professionalism isn't a template. It's how you follow through when you've already been caught dodging accountability.

 I asked respectfully. They responded anonymously. And I still have the original email -- with their president's name on it -- confirming it was their responsibility all along.

So if they're documenting this for show, they might want to actually sign it.

Because I'm documenting it for the record.

-- K