Written Communications Activity
Assignment One: Using the situation below, write a business letter.
You are a buyer for the Fun-4-U toy stores. You have just received a shipment of defective
rocking horse from Schlock Rockers, Inc. it’s the third time you have received such merchandise
from the company. Write a letter advising the firm that you are returning their latest shipment
and wish to cancel any pending orders. Be sure to explain why you are taking this action.
Schlock Rockers
1234 Diamond Drive
Wilson, OK 55678
Fun-4-U
4444 Fun Drive
Ashburn, VA 20147
Assignment Two: Using the situation below, write a memo.
On Monday morning, Betty Riggins’s supervisor, Allen Brown, requested that she send a memo
to the rest of the workers in the stockroom at Tracy’s, a large retail store. The memo should
request the cooperation of all workers in taking inventory after hours on Friday of the next week.
The memo should also state that all the workers would work until the inventory is completed and
that they would be paid.
Written Communications Activity
Assignment One: Using the situation below, write a business letter.
You are a buyer for the Fun-4-U toy stores. You have just received a shipment of defective
rocking horse from Schlock Rockers, Inc. it’s the third time you have received such merchandise
from the company. Write a letter advising the firm that you are returning their latest shipment
and wish to cancel any pending orders. Be sure to explain why you are taking this action.
Schlock Rockers
1234 Diamond Drive
Wilson, OK 55678
Fun-4-U
4444 Fun Drive
Ashburn, VA 20147
Assignment Two: Using the situation below, write a memo.
On Monday morning, Betty Riggins’s supervisor, Allen Brown, requested that she send a memo
to the rest of the workers in the stockroom at Tracy’s, a large retail store. The memo should
request the cooperation of all workers in taking inventory after hours on Friday of the next week.
The memo should also state that all the workers would work until the inventory is completed and
that they would be paid.