I’m Vulgar And Shocking
February 14, 2005I was looking up an old friend online and thought I’d found the right
address and sent him an email, and here’s what I got in return:
Dear madam–
I do not know who you are, nor can I help you find
the person for which you are looking. I will, however, tell you that I
work at a Catholic school and I find your vulgar language shocking. In
the future, if you are unclear as to who you are sending an e-mail to, you
should omit all profanities.
I will pray for you since you are
obviously a wayward sinner. God bless.
I am half-inclined to think that this email is a joke from my actual
friend, but have gotten no other correspondence so I can’t tell. I used
the word “shit” once in the email, and it was a quote. This has to be a
joke, right? I responded saying that he was the one who needed praying
over if he can judge a stranger as a “wayward sinner”, and I could
either be continuing the joke with my friend or sparring with a
religious freak. We’ll see what happens…
i should add that my friend DOES work for a catholic school so this is part of why i suspect it might really be him. firefox won’t let me add that to the post though.
can we see the original email? please?
i just read over the original email and had to laugh, here it is:
> hi travis–i just sent this email to the verizon and > hotmail addresses i had on file, but i don’t know if > they work any more. i did a google search for you and > found the school where you work (i’m assuming you are > the same travis as is listed for this > address!). > i am writing to tell you about a crazy dream i just > had about info inc. how bizarre that i would dream > about it after all this time. in the dream i was fired for plagiarizing! i was > having lunch with rod and we were laughing about it. >apparently it had happened a few months before. > and rod told me that after i was fired > you would stand at your desk and look over to mine and > say ‘c-rock! i still can’t believe she did that shit!’ > > how are you? how is the family? the house? teaching?
the guy probably thinks i actually was fired for plagiarizing and, coupled with my vulgar language, i am “obviously a wayward sinner.”
NEWSFLASH: i just heard from my “actual” friend, who responded from his hotmail account that i also sent this message to, and he is NOT the same as this fire-and-brimstone emailer!
that is awesome! i can only imagine the funny scenario at the school where fire-and-brimstone works. i’m picturing a priest or perhaps just an upity-churchy-type gasping at the computer screen and then madly typing back the response to you. maybe we should make you a plaque that says “wayward sinner”. bet we could market that one.
I can’t believe you’re all so keen on Cynthia’s rejection of the love of Christ. Shame on you all.
oh, i’m not rejecting christ’s love. i just think mr.judgemental needs it more than i do.