Best out of office message competition: final entries (Guru)

Best out of office message competition: final entries

September 1, 2009

Here are the final entries into Guru's competition to find the best out of office email. Disciples can read the previous entries on the blog here and also here as well.

The winner of the super-cool HR Ninja T-shirt will be revealed on the back page of the 8 September issue of Personnel Today.

At the beach - no laptop, no Blackberry, no iPhone... back on Sept 7th

Your message contained 15 characters too many for our system to accept at the present time. Please re-format and re-send.
(The wicked beauty of this concept is that when you do pick up the messages you can see who has tried several times to 'comply' with the instruction!

And how's this for a variation on the theme? An out of office answer machine message recorded by a RAF officer;

Phone clicks through to answer machine: Sound of gunfire and distant shouts. Voice shouting: 'I'm a bit tied up'. Couple of explosions and sound of a tank. 'Voice shouting 'On operations fighting for Queen and country'. More explosions. Voice close up 'You can leave a message, but to be honest there's absolutely nothing I will do about it'. Shouts and general sounds of chaos. Voice again 'If I were you I'd bother someone else'. Shout of 'Incoming' followed by a massive explosion, at which point the answer phone stopped.

Comments (2)

Ben Eubanks:

Hey! Just came across your contest. I created the HR ninja shirts, and I think you have a great idea to use them as a prize. Hope you have a wonderful day! :-)

Posted by Ben Eubanks | September 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Posted on September 1, 2009 12:00

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Posted by weightwatcherdudes | October 8, 2009 3:52 AM

Posted on October 8, 2009 03:52

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