Suggest wording for my email auto-responder
I will be away on holidays, and my plan is to not check email, Twitter, social media in general. I’ve been pondering of what to post in my auto-responder that will be well taken by clients yet it’s witty. The draft one I was planning to use is
Thank you for your email. I will be away from December 23rd to January 3rd inclusive. During that period and in the interest of my own sanity, I will not be checking emails, nor Twitter/Facebook. If you are a current or prospective client (I NEED TO ADD SOMETHING SPECIFIC FOR MY UNIVERSITY EMAIL), and it’s an urgent matter, I will have your messages forwarded to my cell. Otherwise, please enjoy your holidays because I plan to enjoy mine by not stressing out about how many emails I need to read, tweets I need to respond to and Facebook messages to comment on! All the best in the New Year!
Too snarky? Not witty enough?
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It’s not snarky. But I got stuck wondering how urgent messages get forwarded to your cel. Does someone screen them? Or do all messages in fact get forwarded? And, just one thought – most of the time you enjoy (I hope) responding to tweets and fb and don’t find it stressful. So maybe instead, frame the official message in terms of you challenging yourself to unplug, because silence and contemplation is good too (hmm. now that’s getting too serious)
[...] academic, and social media work. He deserves a break and that’s why he’s setting up an auto-responder for the holidays. He’s trying to be witty without being snarky. Do you think he succeeds? By the time you read [...]
Too long:
“Thank you for your email. I will be away from December 23rd to January 3rd inclusive, and will not respond to emails or messages on Facebook or Twitter. Have a fun holiday!”
Any prospective client who’s contacting you in the week between Christmas and New Year’s isn’t the kind of client you should want the rest of the year. Similarly, anyone who expects to find you at UBC during that time is delusional.
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