Did somebody get poop in their coffee this morning?
This seemed a bit uncalled for.
At my work we sometimes send out e-mail blasts… or probably best known as spam. It’s not often, and it’s only towards people who at some point or another gave us their e-mail address. We just sent one out this morning that was basically thanking everyone for signing up, and a reason for them to try our services.
Then I (and everyone on my team) received this reply:
I did not sign up. I unsubscribed. If I am not removed from your database by 5pm today I am calling the RCMP… find a better way to sell your crap.
Which obviously did nothing other than illicit laughter from me.
What is calling the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) going to do? Other than waste the time of the person answering the phone when someone else might need to call in a domestic violence call or a non-life-threatening-emergency call?
And how is this guy going to confirm we’ve removed him from our database by 5pm? Which, even if we were in a call center, we don’t have to do by any specific time line. My friends that work in call centers tell me when they get a request to be removed from a list, that gets noted on a form, that is handed in to be processed only when it’s filled, which could take days or possibly weeks.
Finally… I will admit I’m slightly insulted by him saying we sell crap. I wouldn’t insult someone else’s products so blatantly. I might make constructive criticism remarks which are probably insulting, but at least point out certain flaws.
The end of it is… I think this guy is a jerk and think it would be hilarious to try & spam-bot their e-mail account to death.
P.S. ZING! My boss looked up when they registered for our mailing list, and e-mailed him back the confirmation to prove “Yes you did sign up. No you have not yet unsubscribed. Please do so here” Awesome.
