Out of office or out to lunch?

When a long weekend approaches, I've noticed the noontime funnies pop up more in the old inbox. Here is an email our team sent around on catchy out of office messages. Perhaps these have reached your inbox. I’m sure you have an ace up your sleeve or a message you seen, written, or thought about sending out (but decided it wasn’t worth losing a job over). Care to share yours?  --Doug

To wit:

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.'

I'm not really out of the office. I'm just ignoring you.

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.

I will be unable to delete all the unread, worthless emails you send me until I return from vacation on 4/18. 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 ten words and $1.99 for each additional word in your message.

I am currently out of office and meeting with Goofy, Mickey & some duck. I can only hope I’m at Disneyland and not some conference.

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 it is that when I return, I can see how many in-duh-viduals did this over and over.]

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  • I like the last one. Nice practical joke. I would love to see if it actually works. Did you guys see the Stu Osborn Show that Christopher Guest and MS did? I'm a huge fan of Christopher Guest and I thought it was friggin hilarious. If you haven't seen it you can find it here. www.stuosbornshow.com

  • Few more, from the original: 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. 2: Sorry to have missed you but I am at the doctors having my brain removed so that I may be promoted to management 3: 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. 4: Hi. I'm thinking about what you've just sent me. Please wait by your PC for my response. 5: Hi! I'm busy negotiating the salary for my new job. Don't bother to leave me any messages. 6: I've run away to join a different circus.

  • After reading the above created of my own :-) Hi, Trust me I'm really out of office, plz don't think that I'm ignoring you ;-) No current ventures in the office so trying some personal ventures outside office, took a break ;-) Hi! No current ventures to redirect you to someone :-) Hi! plz don’t mind, no undertaking will be entertained during this period Hi! I am not responsible if you ignore this Hi! Mailed me or to yourself, just think!!! Hi ! I will be out of office…. Plz consult :

    Info about RFP: Search by yourself

    Info about Projects: Search by yourself

    If you are not able to find point of contact, then get in touch with me after my vacations :-)

    Ur Nath Hi ! I’m out of office for a week

    Pl. consult:

    Nobody, as others will also guide you to me, so bear with us and consult me when I come back UrNath

    Design Consultant, India

    ur_nath@yahoo.co.in

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