Diplomacy in the Workplace - Asking for an increase in salary

One morning, a company manager discovered an unusual letter from one of his employees:

Dear Bo$$,

A$ all of u$ have read from the new$paper$, the $ingapore economy ha$ come out of the rece$$ion. In thi$ life, we all need $omething mo$t de$perately. I think you under$tand the need$ of u$ worker$ who have given $o much $upport including $weat and $ervice to your company. I am $ure you will gue$$ what I mean and re$pond $oon.

Your$ $incerely,
$teven $oh

The next day, the employee received this letter of reply:

Dear Steven,

I kNOw you have been working very hard. NOwadays, NOthing much has changed. You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NOticeably well as yet. NOw the newspapers are saying the world's leading ecoNOmists are NOt sure if the United States may go into aNOther recession. After the NOvember presidential election things may turn bad. I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNOw what I mean.

Yours truly,
NOrman Tan
Manager