Thursday, December 19, 2024

THE TWELVE REPLIES OF EMAIL

Inspired by an incident that has been happening this afternoon at the University of Texas at El Paso.  It seems like things like this inevitably happen right after a semester ends as a break in starting.  Tip of the hat to Katalina Salas for bringing this to my attention and to Michael A. Way who originally posted this within the online campus email chaos, stating, "All together now, courtesy of ChatGPT."   


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"The 12 Replies of Email"

(Parody of "The 12 Days of Christmas")- posted by Michael A. Way, "All together now, courtesy of ChatGPT"

(Verse 1)

On the first reply-all, my inbox sent to me:

A "Thanks!" for the memo, no one asked to see.


(Verse 2)

On the second reply-all, my inbox sent to me:

Two "Please confirm"s,

And a "Thanks!" for the memo, no one asked to see.


(Verse 3)

On the third reply-all, my inbox sent to me:

Three "Out of offices,"

Two "Please confirm"s,

And a "Thanks!" for the memo, no one asked to see.


(Verse 4)

On the fourth reply-all, my inbox sent to me:

Four "Sorry, wrong group"s,

Three "Out of offices,"

Two "Please confirm"s,

And a "Thanks!" for the memo, no one asked to see.


(Verse 5)

On the fifth reply-all, my inbox sent to me:

Five "Important updates,"

Four "Sorry, wrong group"s,

Three "Out of offices,"

Two "Please confirm"s,

And a "Thanks!" for the memo, no one asked to see.


(Verse 6)

On the sixth reply-all, my inbox sent to me:

Six "Read receipts,"

Five "Important updates,"

Four "Sorry, wrong group"s,

Three "Out of offices,"

Two "Please confirm"s,

And a "Thanks!" for the memo, no one asked to see.


(Verse 7)

On the seventh reply-all, my inbox sent to me:

Seven "CC"s of managers,

Six "Read receipts,"

Five "Important updates,"

Four "Sorry, wrong group"s,

Three "Out of offices,"

Two "Please confirm"s,

And a "Thanks!" for the memo, no one asked to see.


(Verse 8)

On the eighth reply-all, my inbox sent to me:

Eight "Sorry, I’m on leave"s,

Seven "CC"s of managers,

Six "Read receipts,"

Five "Important updates,"

Four "Sorry, wrong group"s,

Three "Out of offices,"

Two "Please confirm"s,

And a "Thanks!" for the memo, no one asked to see.


(Verse 9)

On the ninth reply-all, my inbox sent to me:

Nine "Please don’t reply-all"s,

Eight "Sorry, I’m on leave"s,

Seven "CC"s of managers,

Six "Read receipts,"

Five "Important updates,"

Four "Sorry, wrong group"s,

Three "Out of offices,"

Two "Please confirm"s,

And a "Thanks!" for the memo, no one asked to see.


(Verse 10)

On the tenth reply-all, my inbox sent to me:

Ten "Opt-out"s of newsletters,

Nine "Please don’t reply-all"s,

Eight "Sorry, I’m on leave"s,

Seven "CC"s of managers,

Six "Read receipts,"

Five "Important updates,"

Four "Sorry, wrong group"s,

Three "Out of offices,"

Two "Please confirm"s,

And a "Thanks!" for the memo, no one asked to see.


(Verse 11)

On the eleventh reply-all, my inbox sent to me:

Eleven "Did you mean to CC me?"s,

Ten "Opt-out"s of newsletters,

Nine "Please don’t reply-all"s,

Eight "Sorry, I’m on leave"s,

Seven "CC"s of managers,

Six "Read receipts,"

Five "Important updates,"

Four "Sorry, wrong group"s,

Three "Out of offices,"

Two "Please confirm"s,

And a "Thanks!" for the memo, no one asked to see.


(Verse 12)

On the twelfth reply-all, my inbox sent to me:

Twelve "Stop replying!"s,

Eleven "Did you mean to CC me?"s,

Ten "Opt-out"s of newsletters,

Nine "Please don’t reply-all"s,

Eight "Sorry, I’m on leave"s,

Seven "CC"s of managers,

Six "Read receipts,"

Five "Important updates,"

Four "Sorry, wrong group"s,

Three "Out of offices,"

Two "Please confirm"s,

And a "Thanks!" for the memo, no one asked to see

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