Some dumbass accidentally sent an email out to one of her coworkers today and somehow (I'm not sure how) she CCed the ENTIRE company on the email. Luckily it was work related, but this email went out to 500, 000 people that work for our company across the nation! But, she's not the biggest dumbass of them all, the bigger ones were the ones that responded and hit REPLY TO ALL, so everyone in the company got their response, too. I spent about an hour deleting all of these responses and more - over 150 by the end of the day! It jammed up the entire email system. These are just a few of the *real* reponses that people sent back (and the comments I'd love to send back to them but didn't because I was too busy trying to DELETE all of the responses instead):
This is an unauthorized use of the internet.
(Ok, genius, this isn't the internet, it's email. And who gave you a badge and told you what's authorized and unauthorized use of the internet anyway? Oh yea, Poncho called and needs the badge back)
I think my Mother even got this email!
(I bet she did. And guess what you idiot, she got your response, too, because you hit REPLY TO ALL!)
Hi, I am getting e-mails that don't belong to me, I am in San Diego
(Who knew San Diego could get email? This person sounds as shocked as I was. I thought Atlanta was the only city with email capability.)
I believe I am on the email chain in error.
(Oooooh, that's so weird. You TOO?? I thought just the other 498,000 people were on the email chain in error.)
THIS HAS REACHED THE HR DEPARTMENT - PLEASE REMOVE FROM E-MAIL LIST!!!!!
(Oh, no, not the HR department!? My, this has really gotten out of hand! They're actually having to do some work in deleting these emails, which is more work then they've had in a long time)
Please remove me from this list.
(Listen, as painful as this experience has been, at least you're on the company wide email list. If you weren't on the list, then you would not be receiving a paycheck from this company. Perhaps you should contact HR to be removed from the list. Apparently they received this email, too - see above).
Me as well! This could very well have a virus attached seeing the “ZWYZZZ” bogus mailing list.I highly recommend everyone permanently deleting these asap!
(Aww, do I hafta? I was thinking about saving the emails to occasionally bring back up and reminesce on the good times)
STOP REPLYING TO ALL!!! MY REGIONAL VP IS RECEIVING ALL OF YOUR EMAILS ON HER BLACKBERRY. PLEASE STOP!!
(Well bless her heart. What a good little administrative assistant you are to stick up for her like that. I bet you got a nice box of candy on the Admin Holiday, didn't you?)
Please do not respond to all...I have already got 12 messages..thanks
(Just 12? Oh, my friend, you're just getting started. Just wait! You know how only 10% of an iceberg's above water?)
I know that our CEO was thinking his company is filled with a bunch of morons assuming he's on the company-wide email list. And I'd probably have to go with him on that thought.
5 comments:
That sounds like a fun day at the office! Nothing like hearing "You've got mail" 500,000 times in a row to make you feel important.
Add me to your dumbass list though because I have accidentaly done this :/ It was with that stupid email telling everyone to "Not buy gas today!" Going to show the oil company what is what over high gas prices! Yep hit the reply all button and ranted about what a stupid idea this was and said something about what dumbass thought this up? Got a few emails back (think it was 12) telling me to mind my own effing business and to quit sending them email LOL
Now, the cool ones were probably the ones smart enough to trim put all the CCs and be a real smart as to JUST the one that sent it.
On the system where I work you get a message stating that "your mailbox is over its size limit" sent every few minutes. So if you weren't at work for a day or so when a "Global system" email was sent, you'd come back to all of the original Emails and responses AND a "Mailbox full" message for each one over your limit!!
Hey thanks for the nice email!
Your CHiPs/Ponch reference cracked me up BIG time!!
howdy. sorry it has been awhile since my last comment. Good blog on the topic i suggested though, thanks. In reference to "luvvy duvvy", well its from a song. The song is by a guy named George Thurgood called "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer". In one part he talks about paying his bitchy land lady rent for the month and afterwards he says of her, "and she was so nice....Lord she was luvvy duvvy". Now if you heard this then it would probably make you laugh or at least smile.
Well since i am batting a thousand my next request for you is an updated picture of you not wearing a sweater. We aren't in CANADA for god's sake. Besides its almost summer and i know you are getting ready for bikini season. Think FLOSS baby.
We had to write a special agent to go out and delete emails that people would send to 20,000 people by mistake.
Thanks for bringing back those memories!
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