OOOs for the Ages: ‘Out of Office’ Messages So Clever No One Will Miss You
Blog post from New Relic
Holiday seasons bring a surge of out-of-office (OOO) email messages, with some creative individuals at New Relic crafting particularly humorous responses. These imaginative auto-replies, penned by employees such as Senior Director Abner Germanow and Engineering Manager Adam Larson, range from whimsical excuses about poor technology access in Amish country to playful narratives involving cruise ship Wi-Fi costs and fictional scenarios with bears affecting internet connectivity. Other notable examples include creative messages by VP Baxter Denney, who uses a robot persona, and Stevan Arychuk, who humorously laments his Canadian snow-shoveling duties. The trend extends beyond New Relic, with figures like Gini Dietrich and Paul Sokol contributing to the collection of entertaining OOO messages, demonstrating that humor can effectively soften the inconvenience of temporary unavailability.