Thanksgiving Edition

A special Thanksgiving edition of Misdialing, ranging from the personal (implant?), the sensitive (attempted pickup) and the strange (cemetery plot?).  I'm not sure what in the universe is driving all of these misdials (other than my potentially common @gmail address), but it seems to be picking up.

I actually received a couple of similar emails from this person, I didn't have the heart to respond, or post more.

This is one of the most fascinating.  I actually already emailed one of the teachers to let them know they were emailing the wrong person, but apparently it didn't take (akin to the college Anthropology Club that /really/ wanted me to be part of their group).  I can only imagine what's going on in that Grade 7 Geo class...

Darn it, I missed the RSVP deadline

This one might actually be spam. It came in an otherwise blank email as a PDF, and the filesize seems really big. However, it's a specific enough invitation that I decided to take it at its word (although I only viewed it through Google and didn't download it, so maybe that's a slight exaggeration).

The Boiler Room

This one kind of just made me feel sad.

What's a "cheque"?

Must be something in the air this week. I can only assume that I received this one because of a fat-finger error, given the correct recipient's email name.

Wish I actually was invited...

Sounds kind of exciting. Not sure why the restaurant (which must be next door or so) is being so difficult though.

I can haz lamps?

One of the fun things about misdialing is not knowing if it's spam or not. In this case it's unlikely to be spam, since there's no request for money or a link. But you never know.

Merrill-y down the stream

I was getting someone's trade confirmations and account updates for about a year from Merrill Lynch. First time I told them about it was October of 07. I finally got someone's attention in April of 08:

Which I figured would be ignored as well. However, I got an even better response:

Again, I have to admit that after this, I haven't received any more trade confirmations from ML.

Anthro Club

This is one of my longest term and strangest misdials. Anthro Club from some random college I've never even visited. I received emails from them for 2 years. I should admit that this one isn't entirely the norm. I requested them to remove me at least a half dozen times (not that it ever accomplished anything). You can tell that this was an early one from my naivety in even asking.



Four months later, I received the real removal offer:



Which has, honestly, led to me not getting any more emails from them. I almost miss them.

Title post

Apparently I'm invited to a 42 year high school reunion party. I'm tempted to go. Think they would notice?

The Why

Mis-directed emails are a strange thing. Even stranger are the people who refuse to correct their mistake. Stranger still are the people who sign their own email address incorrectly. I've been deleting these emails, and decided that I should instead share the entertainment value of the emails. Some aren't that funny. In fact, none of them may be funny to you.

At least take heart in the fact that I find it funny to share them. Look at it as a cross-section of human experience; accidentally.