salary increase

One day an employee sends a letter to his
boss asking for an increase in his salary:
In thi $ life, we all need $ ome thing mo $ t de $ perately. I think you $ hould be under $ tanding the need $ of u $ We are worker $ who have given $ o much $ upport including $ weat and $ ervice to your company...
I am $ ure you will gue $ $ what I meant and re $ pond $ oon

• Your $ $ incerely-

The next day, the employee received this letter of reply:
Dear
I k NO w you have been working very hard. NO w a days, NO thing much has changed. You must have NO ticed that our company is NO t doing NO ticably well. NO w the newspapers are saying the world's leading eco NO mists are NO t sure if the United States may go into a NO ther recession. After the NO vember presidential elections things may turn bad. I have NO thing more to add NO w. You NO Ow what I mean...

• Your Boss-