Thursday, July 3, 2008

Need To Get Away?

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Apparently I do. I was setting up the automatic “Out of office” reply at work and accidentally clicked the wrong button. For some reason beyond my understanding, Microsoft Outlook has this button that, when you click on it, will make the program send the “out of office” reply to every e-mail that has ever been sent to you since the beginning of time. My super fast work computer was able to send out a boatload of those replies within the fraction of a second that it took me to unplug my Ethernet cable. So now, pretty much everyone in the entire company is walking past my desk to tell me “they got the message already” and I can stop sending that e-mail. Now after explaining “The Button” to everyone, they clearly think I'm a total dumb ass. This little fiasco reminded me of this list.
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THE TOP 10 BEST “OUT OF OFFICE” E-MAIL REPLIES
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1. I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position. Be prepared for my mood.
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2. You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of the office. If I was in, chances are you wouldn't have received anything at all.
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3. Sorry to have missed you, but I am at the doctor's having my brain and heart removed so I can be promoted to our management team.
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4. I will be unable to delete all the unread, worthless emails you send me until I return from vacation. Please be patient and your mail will be deleted in the order it was received.
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5. Thank you for your email. Your credit card has been charged $1.99 for the first 10 words and $5.99 for each additional word in your message.
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6. The e-mail server is unable to verify your server connection and is unable to deliver this message. Please restart your computer and try sending again.(The beauty of this is that when you return, you cansee how many in-duh-viduals did this over and over.)
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7. Thank you for your message, which has been added to a queuing system. You are currently in 352nd place, and can expect to receive a reply in approximately 19 weeks.
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8. Hi, I'm thinking about what you've just sent me. Please wait by your PC for my response.
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9. I've run away to join a different circus.
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10. I will be out of the office for the next 2 weeks for medical reasons. When I return, please refer to me as 'Loretta’ instead of 'Steve'.

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