The Vacation Autoresponder
What happens when people use their "vacation" autoresponder.
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- I am currently out of the office at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position.
- You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of the office. If I were in, you very likely would have received nothing at all.
- Sorry to have missed you, but I'm at the doctor's having my brain and heart removed in preparation for promotion to our management team.
- I will be unable to delete all the emails you send me until I return from vacation. Please be patient, and your mail will be deleted in the order it was received.
- Thank you for your email. Your credit card has been charged $5.99 for the first 10 words and $1.99 for each additional word in your message.
- The email server is unable to verify your server connection. Your message has not been delivered. Please restart your computer and try sending again. (The beauty of this is that when you return, you can see who fell for it, perhaps repeatedly.)
- Thank you for your message, which has been added to the queue. You are currently in 352nd place, and can expect to receive a reply in approximately 19 weeks.
- Hi, I'm thinking about what you've just sent me. Please wait by your PC for my response.
- I've run away to join a different circus.
- I will be out of the office for the next two weeks for medical reasons. When I return, please address me as "Lucille" instead of "Ted."
Posted April 7, 2008 3:00 PM
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