Pretentious out of office reply

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My out of office is usually

I'm on annual leave please contact ...

Or

I'm out of office until date. If urgent please contact (name )

There is someone in another department to me who really annoys me with

I am attending ' names very important meeting or convention ' please contact ...

Why say which 'important ' meeting you are ? I just see this is pretentious bullshit or is it me ?

@aridane - Argh, I tried to post an image bit it wouldn't let me. This...

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My OOO is purely functional, no one needs to know what I'm doing! It's either I'm away until x please contact x if it's urgent, I have no access/limited access to email today please call me on xxx.

I have a colleague who set one particular OOO at Christmas in 2015 and has never changed it since. Remembers to turn it on whenever he's OOO, but it always says he'll be back on 5th jan 2016. None of us have had the heart to tell him!

My boss forwards me any email we are both cc'd in saying 'have you seen this? Have you dealt with it?' Makes me want to throttle her.

We have to have 'request read receipt' on, last week I got an auto reply saying "whilst we acknowledge this email was received on X day at X time, the read receipt does not imply the contents have been read, understood or accepted.." it was a full page of text. He clearly has past read receipt trauma.

I find out of date OOO really annoying too

SouthernComforts

Better than just replying in your absence

The ones that wind me up are the ‘I’ll be back in the office on the 4th of January’

...in March.

I had an OOO reply to an email which read
'I am due to leave company x on x date so don't bother sending me any work. You can of course send me good wishes and congratulations'
it was on for about 4 weeks though - lazy cow!

Thisisnotadrill if it's a client who sends the email to us both, she forwards it to me, then replies to the client saying she's forwarded it to me, then forwards me that email too.

She also saves screenshots of spam emails in a folder on her desktop to show IT when they do a site visit.

I spend a lot of my day nodding and smiling.

Thanks, gherkin!

Ah, thisisnot - my bad - I thought this was a private medical appoint,ent where he wanted to record the date etc

origamiunicorn

Was your co worker David Brent?

One of the best OOO was when a colleague had been made redundant

'I no longer work at ....
If you need to discuss - (then have a very long list of items which made a point as company said his role was not required.)

Contact ..( name of line manager )'

Made his point

@peachgreen how do you action 500 emails a day? That's one a minute for 8:30 hrs (with a 10 min toilet break)

Unless you action them all to the Delete folder.

Is it Mipim? If so you are definitely nbu! Mipim twats piss me right off!

@SouthernComforts that's amazing my annoying.

DH used to print and keep every email he was sent. I still take the piss out of him for one I saw "a pair of spectacles has been found in block b. Please contact reception"

*amazingly annoying

Saying emails won't be read is reasonable if you're out of the office for a long period and likely to come back to 100s of emails. If you provide alternative contacts, the onus is on the sender to use them or resend the email once you are back.

The most annoying thing is people who don't read your OOO so you come back to several emails from them asking why you haven't replied!

This kind of stuff is what I go to work for

In my previous job I was told to add about 8 contacts to my out of office. Completely unnecessary as my work was covered by a freelancer when I was out of the office.

I also asked people to resend the email once I was back in the office if they had not had it dealt with, so I didn't have to trawl through everything. However, I didn't say I was going to delete everything!

Don't see the security issue with saying "I am on AL until [date]". AL can be used for lots of reasons, not just holiday. I don't ever say that I am on holiday though.

I have automatic deletion setup for all emails I am cc in. I will only respond to emails sent directly to me

Fair play to them for having the nerve to do this. If you want someone to do something for you, yes email them direct and ask the question. Do not just cc them in. It really is pointless.

The most annoying thing is people who don't read your OOO so you come back to several emails from them asking why you haven't replied

Yes this too. I usually send a "concerned" email wondering if there is something wrong with our systems as they don't appear to have received my out of the office!

We have to have 'request read receipt' on, last week I got an auto reply saying "whilst we acknowledge this email was received on X day at X time, the read receipt does not imply the contents have been read, understood or accepted.." it was a full page of text. He clearly has past read receipt trauma

I used to have my emails set up so I could see before opening if there was a read receipt. And if there was, it went to the bottom of my to do list. I know it's petty but the guy is right, all it does is show that you've opened the email (or glided over it with your mouse, which can make it show as read).

Quite enjoyed the "battling dragons" nonsense.

The wankiest ooo from one of our consultants. "I'm currently nestled in a cottage in the lake District writing my new novel, if I think your email is important I will reply otherwise I will respond when the book is finished"

Had one the other day that said, after the usual spiel, "If you needed something from me, I can only offer sympathy and cake. Except without the cake. Or the sympathy."

Unlike some of the uptight posters on here, I laughed...

I think it's perfectly fine to say if you are at an industry event, as that could be relevant.

The OOO that annoy me are the ones where they say "I am skiing in the Italian Alps & won't be able to respond until I get back."

I will say if I'm on holiday or away due to work though, as I always leave my mobile number for emergency contact - and think people are less likely to bother you if they know you are on holiday.