Don't Open Spam in Public Places
Posted: Sunday, May 03, 2009
by Connor Davidson
You are all probably veterans at receiving spam unless you are my gran and you call email computer post and MSN text phoning. I bet you hate getting spam - I do. Well have you ever opened spam in public? Believe me you don't want to. Once upon a time, I was in the library (which you could call my home without rent) getting out a book. Then I had a thought: 'remember that important email I was getting today' at which point I logged onto one of the free computers and checked my email. Nothing.
Well this email was not funny and I opened it with a friend my on left and someone I had never met in my life at the photocopier on my right. So I clicked on the email, it opened, my friend said something, I looked away form the computer, I turned back and the man beside me gave me the most foul look. It was an advert... For Viagra!
So there I am in a library looking at a Viagra advert with the heading "do you have trouble pleasing women?" I may as well have been sitting with pig tails and a skirt I would not have felt any more stupid.
Well what do you do in this situation? I thought This is one of these times you want to swear but that just makes things worse. So I decided to go with a "publicly accepted swear word" like "shoot" , "dash", "blast", "sugar lumps" or "oh diddly". However, at the time the best I could think of was oops. That helped. NOT
So the moral of the story is: when you get spam lock the door, black out the windows and unplug the door bell. Or you could of course just delete it - thats what I will do now.
Connor Davidson 05/03/08
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Top-level comments on this article: (9 total)So young, so much to learn! Just kidding! Could've happened to anyone, but I'm not sure everyone would be able to joke about it. Good job.It is easy to joke after it happens but at the time it was no joke.Thanks for the comment.
Now that's funny. Lesson learned, eh?I certainly learned mine.Thanks for the comment.
Sounds like hard-earned and excellent advice, Connor, and well taken.Thanks for the comment.
Well done, Connor! And a great source of entertainment, riding on an informative seat. Thanks for sharing this with us.Thanks for the comment.
Connor,Thank you for writing this informative article. Now, I know not to. LOLNenitaThanks for the comment.
You are hilarious Connor. Very big of you to share that story. I can just picture it happening. :)I hope you don't mean the picture of me with a skirt and pigtails.Thanks for the comment.Actually I was picturing you standing there all red-faced. But now I AM picturing you in pig-tails and a skirt. You're killing me Connor. Thanks for the laugh!Looking at Viagra adverts in public is one thing... A man with pig tails and a skirt is another.I would think one was mad and the other was down right insane.
Great advice hidden in a funny story! Thank you it gave me a giggle!Thanks for the comment.
Very funny article, although i'm sure it was not at the time. Everyone has had something embarrassing happen to them at some point, you never make the same mistake twice though.I do hope so.Thanks for the comment.
That's pretty cool what you said. I had a pretty embarrassing incident similar to your's years back and ever since, I try to check my mails in utmost privacy. :-) Thanks for the great read!Thanks for the comment.
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