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Title: misdirected email
Post by: not that clay on January 26, 2010, 12:24:23 PM
Anybody else get email they weren't supposed to get?
Quote
I have chosen Ethan for my student of the month for January for his honesty.   The 
assembly is Monday, February 1st @ 8:30 in the middle school commons.  Please keep it 
a secret, so he’ll be surprised when he receives the award.  Let me know if this email 
reaches you.
 
Thanks,
Wendy XXXX
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: gravy boat on January 26, 2010, 12:51:41 PM
Quote from: not that clay on January 26, 2010, 12:24:23 PM
Anybody else get email they weren't supposed to get?
Quote
I have chosen Ethan for my student of the month for January for his honesty.   The 
assembly is Monday, February 1st @ 8:30 in the middle school commons.  Please keep it 
a secret, so he’ll be surprised when he receives the award.  Let me know if this email 
reaches you.
 
Thanks,
Wendy XXXX

Oh Wendy, why do you say you value honesty while trying to build a web of secrets around Ethan?

Walk it like you talk it.
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: Pat K on January 26, 2010, 02:30:05 PM
Once I was doing a job for a small company, and the guy who hired me asked me to name a fair price, and I said $175.  Weeks later when the job was done the guy accidentally sent me an email meant for his business partner where he was like "I'm feelin crazy - what do you say we pay him $500 instead? Should we or shouldn't we?"

Ten minutes later I got another email from him, saying "Uhh, I guess I'd look like a dick if we didn't go ahead and pay you $500, so, congrats." That was a good day for me.
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: JustNicole on January 26, 2010, 04:25:55 PM
Quote from: not that clay on January 26, 2010, 12:24:23 PM
Anybody else get email they weren't supposed to get?
Quote
I have chosen Ethan for my student of the month for January for his honesty.   The 
assembly is Monday, February 1st @ 8:30 in the middle school commons.  Please keep it 
a secret, so he’ll be surprised when he receives the award.  Let me know if this email 
reaches you.
 
Thanks,
Wendy XXXX

Wow, 4 kisses but she's not positive about their e-mail address. I wish I got more e-mails like this.
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: Pregnant Pause on January 26, 2010, 04:43:23 PM
Quote from: JustNicole on January 26, 2010, 04:25:55 PM
Quote from: not that clay on January 26, 2010, 12:24:23 PM
Anybody else get email they weren't supposed to get?
Quote
I have chosen Ethan for my student of the month for January for his honesty.   The 
assembly is Monday, February 1st @ 8:30 in the middle school commons.  Please keep it 
a secret, so he’ll be surprised when he receives the award.  Let me know if this email 
reaches you.
 
Thanks,
Wendy XXXX

Wow, 4 kisses but she's not positive about their e-mail address. I wish I got more e-mails like this.

It may be a reference to Australian beer Four-Ex
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: not that clay on January 26, 2010, 06:04:51 PM
Oh no, I xxxx-ed out the name to protect her privacy.
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: thom on January 26, 2010, 06:26:52 PM
NAME-STEREOTYPE WARNING:

Only a Wendy would fuck up like that.
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: fonpr on January 26, 2010, 06:40:38 PM
Quote from: thom on January 26, 2010, 06:26:52 PM
NAME-STEREOTYPE WARNING:

Only a Wendy would fuck up like that.
Peter's gonna kick your ass for that one.
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: Chad from Oregon on January 26, 2010, 10:38:05 PM
That does remind of 4-5 years back, when in a now long since abandoned Yahoo email address, I had received a few misdirected emails concerning wedding plans of some sort. I don't recall any of the details now, but after about the 4th received email, they sent a bridesmaid dress picture asking for "my" thoughts on it.

Yes, that was at least the 4th email I had received. I'm not sure who or from where she was receiving replies, but it wasn't from me.
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: bonnaventure on January 26, 2010, 11:59:52 PM
I got a string of emails from a bunch of young girls from some weird Christian summer camp in September. Apparently the camp let out, and some girl gave her email address incorrectly. One of the girls kept emailing me asking me questions, after about 3 emails telling her I was not who she thought I was, and I was an adult male who felt uncomfortable having email correspondence with a 13 year old. I was sure I was being put on until I got one of those "Hey, blah blah blah, I'm doing good, 8th grade is sooo hard..." emails from some other girl.

Worst mailing list ever. Do tweens not realize that lime green font is hard to read?
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: Smelodies on January 27, 2010, 01:13:50 AM
Quote from: Pat K on January 26, 2010, 02:30:05 PM
Once I was doing a job for a small company, and the guy who hired me asked me to name a fair price, and I said $175.  Weeks later when the job was done the guy accidentally sent me an email meant for his business partner where he was like "I'm feelin crazy - what do you say we pay him $500 instead? Should we or shouldn't we?"

Ten minutes later I got another email from him, saying "Uhh, I guess I'd look like a dick if we didn't go ahead and pay you $500, so, congrats." That was a good day for me.

Dude, soon after he went out of business and his wife left him.
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: Mark in Helsinki on January 27, 2010, 04:09:59 AM
Once my 70 year old mom thought she was sending me an email but switched the first and last names and sent them to some dude in Dallas.

That's fine, an understandable mistake. However, she detailed all sorts of digestive and health problems and was pretty embarrassed to get his reply stating that he was not her son.

That said, doesn't anyone else think the original post's email is probably a new form of spam? It's kinda vague, if you get my drift.
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: Pat K on January 27, 2010, 09:24:17 AM
Quote from: Smelodies on January 27, 2010, 01:13:50 AM
Quote from: Pat K on January 26, 2010, 02:30:05 PM
Once I was doing a job for a small company, and the guy who hired me asked me to name a fair price, and I said $175.  Weeks later when the job was done the guy accidentally sent me an email meant for his business partner where he was like "I'm feelin crazy - what do you say we pay him $500 instead? Should we or shouldn't we?"

Ten minutes later I got another email from him, saying "Uhh, I guess I'd look like a dick if we didn't go ahead and pay you $500, so, congrats." That was a good day for me.

Dude, soon after he went out of business and his wife left him.

Why does that keep happening to people I do work for?
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: Bryan on January 27, 2010, 01:00:18 PM
Quote from: Mark_from_Helsinki on January 27, 2010, 04:09:59 AM
That said, doesn't anyone else think the original post's email is probably a new form of spam? It's kinda vague, if you get my drift.

Yeah, it does seem vague enough to be spam. But what could the scam possibly be here? Most spam I've encountered isn't so subtle.
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: not that clay on January 27, 2010, 01:49:54 PM
Quote from: Bryan on January 27, 2010, 01:00:18 PM
Quote from: Mark_from_Helsinki on January 27, 2010, 04:09:59 AM
That said, doesn't anyone else think the original post's email is probably a new form of spam? It's kinda vague, if you get my drift.

Yeah, it does seem vague enough to be spam. But what could the scam possibly be here? Most spam I've encountered isn't so subtle.

With the school district identified in the email address, the last name I xxxx-ed out, and the rest a class picture came up as the second hit on google.

A friend of mine thinks that artificial intelligence will be invented by spammers. I think he's probably right.
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: JustNicole on January 28, 2010, 12:54:08 AM
Quote from: not that clay on January 26, 2010, 06:04:51 PM
Oh no, I xxxx-ed out the name to protect her privacy.

That makes a lot more sense and gave me a good laugh, as well.
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on January 28, 2010, 04:34:25 PM
Quote from: Pat K on January 26, 2010, 02:30:05 PM
Once I was doing a job for a small company, and the guy who hired me asked me to name a fair price, and I said $175.  Weeks later when the job was done the guy accidentally sent me an email meant for his business partner where he was like "I'm feelin crazy - what do you say we pay him $500 instead? Should we or shouldn't we?"

Ten minutes later I got another email from him, saying "Uhh, I guess I'd look like a dick if we didn't go ahead and pay you $500, so, congrats." That was a good day for me.

I think this also belongs in the "I Found Myself in Fortunate Circumstances" thread.
Title: Re: misdirected email
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on January 30, 2010, 07:36:06 PM
Quote from: JonFromMaplewood on January 28, 2010, 04:34:25 PM
Quote from: Pat K on January 26, 2010, 02:30:05 PM
Once I was doing a job for a small company, and the guy who hired me asked me to name a fair price, and I said $175.  Weeks later when the job was done the guy accidentally sent me an email meant for his business partner where he was like "I'm feelin crazy - what do you say we pay him $500 instead? Should we or shouldn't we?"

Ten minutes later I got another email from him, saying "Uhh, I guess I'd look like a dick if we didn't go ahead and pay you $500, so, congrats." That was a good day for me.

I think this also belongs in the "I Found Myself in Fortunate Circumstances" thread.

yes.