A Different Sort of Email Auto-Reply

I was listening to a business podcast yesterday and heard one of the show’s contributors reciting some of the most humorous email auto-reply messages his colleague had received.

Here are some of them:

• I am currently out a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position. Be prepared for my mood.


• You're receiving this automatic notification, because I'm out of the office. If I were in, chances are you wouldn't have received anything at all.


• I will be unable to delete all the unread worthless emails you sent me until I return from holiday on the 4th of April. 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 $4 for the first 10 words and $1.95 for each additional word in your message.


• Thank you for your message, which has been added to a queuing system. Your email is important to me, and you're currently in 352nd place. You can expect to receive a reply in approximately 19 weeks.

These are great -- although I’m not sure I could get away with using any of them the next time I’m out of the office.  What about you?

Meanwhile, a few resources on email etiquette:

• “ER for Unprofessional Emails”


• “Five Workplace Email Etiquette Commandments”


• “How Much Confirmation Is Enough?”


• “Worst Workplace Email Habits”

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