Stupidity in a digital world...

Mendor81

Just had a worst "user email ever" moment I'm working for a multinational company which beside others services is hosting some sort of online auction. Since i'm one of the 2 persons responsible for the mass email marketing using a non-reply email address i'm also the only person who forwards the mails from people that just reply on this address (nobody else cares) anyway no big deal sometimes. Yet i just received an empty mail with a pdf attached...hmmkay...i opened the pdf (after scanning it (you neve know) and what do i see...a HANDWRITTEN NOTE!! Scanned and converted to pdf and attached to an empty mail WTF¿? written in italian.... with a handwriting that's so horrible that i'm guess the writer is a medic...

Hmm i wonder why its doing that......ARGHS NO STOP, ROLLBACK ROLLBACK...F*** That's how i learned to "Always Backup"!! Dogs are man's best Friend, Cats are man's adorable little serial killer

OriginalGriff

Somebody has heard of the "paperless office" but doesn't quite get the point yet... :doh:

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Bergholt Stuttley Johnson

probably a graphic designer (the daily wtf ran a neme about it)

You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

Mendor81

it seems so, after decryption of the message it seems that the "customer" is complaining that he does not know how our auction website works.....jesus h christ

Hmm i wonder why its doing that......ARGHS NO STOP, ROLLBACK ROLLBACK...F*** That's how i learned to "Always Backup"!! Dogs are man's best Friend, Cats are man's adorable little serial killer

Pete OHanlon

Mendor81 wrote:

written in italian.... with a handwriting that's so horrible that i'm guess the writer is a medic

I believe you've just found the missing warning that it wasn't safe to move into L'Aquila.

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OriginalGriff

Mendor81 wrote:

Cats are man's adorable little serial killer

I take you have cats then? Ours doesn't kill everything. He hasn't brought home an elephant, a cow or a pterodactyl yet, but he has been seen eyeing up a crane, a swan and a low flying Eurofighter on a training exercise... :doh:

Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

Bergholt Stuttley Johnson

oops looks like the cat posted this one

You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

Mendor81

Yes i do and yep i had some "presents" brought home in the middle of the night. worst case was waking up in the middle of the night by the sound of "nom nomnomnom" my cat eating the face of a rabbit almost twice it's size....changed her cat food the next morning..

Hmm i wonder why its doing that......ARGHS NO STOP, ROLLBACK ROLLBACK...F*** That's how i learned to "Always Backup"!! Dogs are man's best Friend, Cats are man's adorable little serial killer

Nagy Vilmos

I can't remember where it came from, but recently I read that cats, even well fed and spoilt little SFB's - kill around 4 creatures a week. Yup, your pussy is taking a life more than every other day.

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wizardzz

It probably says, "Hand me my laptop."

BobJanova

That really sounds like one for The Daily WTF.

Chris Meech

I wonder if the user printed a blank document from Word first in order to write on it. :)

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Richard Deeming

Or possibly some variation of "vi prego di inviarmi i codici". :-D

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Kschuler

Whilst troubleshooting, I once asked a user for a screen shot. They sent me a jpg that contained a picture they'd obviously taken with a camera of their computer screen. Good times.

Rage

That is what I would do if my keyboard would not work anymore. Anything else than writing the note can be done using the mouse ( writing with the virtual keyboard too, but the note solution is faster).

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wizardzz

Well how else you gonna save it?

wizardzz

urgentezz

wizardzz

:thumbsup: :doh:

Chris Meech

In fact, I keep a document in My Documents folder called just that, 'Blank Document.doc'. What's really odd though is after I open and print it, when I try to close it, I'm prompted to save changes? Go figure, eh. :)

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lewax00

Mendor81 wrote:

he does not know how our auction website works

It sounds like his problem is a little more fundamental than just a single website...