Having a particularly bad day with emails at work, I was reminded of a
\nfriend’s remark on “conquering the Inbox”. The poor soul goes to
\nwork early just so that he spend a few hours trying to clear up the
\nbacklog of emails in his Inbox, and is still struggling to emerge
\nvictorious.<\/p>\n
For such people, like for many of us, the situation only gets worse if
\nyou ever find yourself returning from a vacation and being swamped with
\nmails that were received in your absence.<\/p>\n
A forwarded email from a friend – Farhan – may offer a respite.
\nHere’s a sample of some ‘Out of Office’ responses you can employ to
\nlighten the load \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
You are receiving this automatic notification because I am
\nout of the office. If I was in, chances are you wouldn’t have received
\nanything at all. <\/p><\/blockquote>\nI will be unable to delete
\nall the unread, worthless emails you send me until I return from
\nvacation on 4\/18. Please be patient and your mail will be deleted in
\nthe order it was received.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThank you for your
\nemail. Your credit card has been charged $5.99 for the first ten words
\nand $1.99 for each additional word in your message. <\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe
\ne-mail server is unable to verify your server connection and is unable
\nto deliver this message. Please restart your computer and try sending
\nagain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThank you for your message, which has
\nbeen added to a queuing system. You are currently in 352nd place, and
\ncan expect to receive a reply in approximately 19 weeks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nPlease reply to this e-mail so I will know that you got this message. I am on holiday. Your e-mail has been deleted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Hi. I’m thinking about what you’ve just sent me. Please wait by your PC for my response.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Hi! I’m busy negotiating the salary for my new job. Don’t bother to leave me any messages.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I’ve run away to join a different circus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
AND, FINALLY, THIS ONE TAKES THE CAKE :
\nI will be out of the office for the next 2 weeks for medical reasons.
\nWhen I return, please refer to me as ‘Lalita’ instead of ‘Sameer’.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\nHow I wish I could put some of these to use…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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