(I walk into the conference room for my new employee orientation presentation. A representative from Information Technology is just finishing up.)
IT: ...and you’ll also see emails offering you to help a Nigerian Prince or a pipeline or something. Again, IT urges you to not open or click on emails of this sort. They are scams, and we can only protect you to a limited extent. As employees of the company, you need to exercise your best judgment in terms of false or misleading email scams. Thanks, and welcome to the company.
(Applause. He leaves. I settle in.)
ME: Hi, I’m Greg and I’m going to give you an overview of the marketing department. First, though, I want you to know that I only work here for the fun of it, not out of necessity. I’ve become very, very rich by supporting a Nigerian Prince and his desire to open a new oil pipeline to Uzbekistan.
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*Snort* That’s GREAT! I’m totally incorporating that into one of my company’s orientation presentations.
I know that really happened. I hope you got a good laugh out of it. I know I’m laughing.
This is great! Now you can start supporting your mother and me.
Oh, you’re so evil. Those poor new employees…
...that Nigerian Prince thing is a scam? Dammit!
what your dad meant to say was “your mother, me, and amy choppa”.
I second T’s comment. Pure evil. Hiding the horns in the morning must be rough. But you know what? If there are still people out there who don’t know that those emails are scams then they deserve it. I mean, you only have to fall for it five times before you finally get a freaking clue!
I wasn’t suggesting that the Nigeria thing was real--I was just making fun of our I.T. department and their overreaction to a scam that everyone knows about.
I’ve actually talked to someone who thought that Nigerian money thing was fo’real.
HA.
i love making fun of my IT department.
of course, they equally love remotely taking control of my mouse and opening my internet history file to remind me who ultimately controls my bread-winning ability.
This was linked on SFist.com!
Oh, I don’t work for the fun of it. I work to get away from my children so I’ll have time to blog.
It’s rough keeping the balance, but I manage.
You marketing types… hahha
I hope your organization compensates you well for your value added (or whatever you call such cute funniness).