{"id":1538,"date":"2012-12-13T13:56:09","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T19:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2012-12-13T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T19:56:09","slug":"out-of-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/2012\/12\/13\/out-of-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of Office: A Series of Unfortunate Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gather \u2018round and I\u2019ll tell you the tale of a girl\u2019s email misadventures.
\nOnce upon a time, there was a little girl who had a little Mac and a little time on her hands before a trip home for the holidays. Being the clever and professional girl that she is, she decided to take a few moments to set up her out of office email.
\nNow, this little girl is what some would call a Mac \u201cn00b\u201d. Yeah, she used it on a daily basis, but she, as you\u2019ll learn, wasn\u2019t very good at it.
\nAfter searching the Mail toolbar for 15 minutes, she finally decided to Google \u201chow to Mail \u2018Out of Office\u2019.\u201d Upon choosing the most credible source, she followed instructions listed to a T. Well, at least she would have, had she not decided halfway through that she totally has this and doesn\u2019t need no stinkin\u2019 instructions.
\nSo she opened the text box and carefully crafted a clever message to refer incoming mail to a coworker:
\n\"\"
\nHappy with her message (and that she actually remembered to set up an out of office reply), she clicked \u201cOK\u201d and went about her other duties.
\nThen there was a silence and a shudder coming from her MacBook Pro. Her screen flickered. The Mail program froze. And that \u201cOh, crap\u201d feeling sank in.
\nIt started with undeliverable messages \u2013 63 of them, to be exact. Soon, she was getting replies from coworkers \u201cUm, is there something wrong with your computer?\u201d And replies from vendors. And, well, everyone else she\u2019s ever had an email conversation with.
\n\"\"
\nEveryone in her entire mailbox was well aware that she was going to be out of the office \u2013 multiple times. In fact, Jennifer, her most frequently emailed coworker, was informed no less than 172 times.
\nSo, the little girl with the MacBook Pro, curled up under her desk in the fetal position and wished away the rest of the day until she withered away and died. Coworkers and friends build a funeral pyre for her on the front lawn, and fueled it with pages and pages of botched Out of Office reply emails.
\nThe end.
\nOkay, so maybe that last bit was an exaggeration. Oh, and if you hadn\u2019t noticed yet, the little girl in the story is none other than yours truly \u2013 marketing genius, design maven, and total Mac n00b.
\nWhy am I sharing this embarrassing (and hopefully entertaining story)? Well, friends, there are a few things we can all take from this incident:
\n– When in doubt, ask.<\/strong>
\n– When asking, follow directions.<\/strong>
\n– When following directions, follow ALL directions.<\/strong>
\n– And, when all else fails, don\u2019t forget to laugh.<\/strong>
\nPS \u2013 If you got my oh-so clever Out of Office message, many apologies. I would have sent you that in an email, but, well, me and Mail aren\u2019t really on speaking terms at the moment.<\/p>\n

\n

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\nEven superheroes need sidekicks. While she’s not quite ready to throw on the unitard and mini-cape just yet, Aimee Brock (aka Jill of All Trades) steps into the spotlight in this week’s Reman University to share a tale of email woe. Want to hear more from Aimee? Email her<\/a>\u00a0or leave a comment below!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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