Reply to: Trying to get out the door, help needed.

[Freamon]

I make sure that the message mentions a date when I will return, usually a date in the past just to confuse people who bother to read it. Another cunning ruse is to include the name of someone who's recently left as an alternative contact.

The most amusing out of office I've received was from a senior manager at a BobCo which had a list of all the projects he was involved in and alternative contact details in his absence (mostly a list of names approaching C-level executives!) for each one - there were about 12 projects on the list. He was nominally in charge of each of these projects but didn't actually do any work on any of them.

[stek]

'As I'm too thick to work email, I am not leaving an Out of Office message'

[DimPrawn]

OK I'm out of here, play nice while I'm away

Enjoy the sun and your toy boy.

[alreadypacked]

OK I'm out of here, play nice while I'm away

[DimPrawn]

I go for "... and will not be accessing emails."

No-one's going to believe you've got no access - it says I'm choosing not to access them, so FU!

Updation: For plenty quickness, please be doings email with other team members, back to homeland for tiffin.

[mudskipper]

I go for "... and will not be accessing emails."

No-one's going to believe you've got no access - it says I'm choosing not to access them, so FU!

[Spacecadet]

My standard message is something along the lines of...

I am Out of the Office until <date x> with no access to emails. If you need urgent assistance then please contact <x> otherwise I will respond as soon as possible upon my return.

HTH

WHS

Although don't sign off HTH, unless those happen to be your real initials too

[Troll]

I'm not, but not much about at the moment, so it pays the bills.

Ahh... know what you mean

[alreadypacked]

I thought you weren't happy there?

I'm not, but not much about at the moment, so it pays the bills.

[Troll]

My standard message is something along the lines of...

I am Out of the Office until <date x> with no access to emails. If you need urgent assistance then please contact <x> otherwise I will respond as soon as possible upon my return.

HTH

Swot!

[Alias]

My standard message is something along the lines of...

I am Out of the Office until <date x> with no access to emails. If you need urgent assistance then please contact <x> otherwise I will respond as soon as possible upon my return.

HTH

[Troll]

I want to come back.

I thought you weren't happy there?

[alreadypacked]

"On the Beach so FU" usually works

HTH

I want to come back.

[DimPrawn]

Trying to get out the door, help needed.

You thought of dieting?

[Troll]

Trying to get out the door, heading off on holidays.

Out of office message, can't think, help needed.

"On the Beach so FU" usually works

HTH