Actually, there have been lots of funny emails that I got in my time at JP. Not all of them were from the Japanese. These are stories that grow funnier with time and have now earned a place in the hallowed annals of JP lore.
My colleague, who now works for Bellsouth, was sending a report to the head office in Tokyo when he made a rather unfortunate Fruedian slip. I was minding my own business when I got the email, in which he reported that the customer was "ejaculating a roll of the 125gram paper"...a little different connotation than "evaluating".
What's worse is who rec'd it: our entire division, our boss, the VP, the entire division in Tokyo, including the section director. Needless to say, this prompted all sorts of responses like "they must be really excited about our paper." Poor guy had me write an apology for him along the lines of "spellcheck corrected to the wrong word. what a crazy program! ha ha!"
Another time, we got an email from the logistics department in Tokyo informing us rather nonchalantly that our order should be cancelled because "the vessel sank". Do you respond with 'thanks for the info', or condolences, or what?
Posted by aokie at September 4, 2003 02:34 PMJackass!
Posted by: CThompson at February 1, 2004 01:28 PMReid, you need to ejaculate yourself. I'm sorry, evaluate yourself!
Posted by: Frankie at February 1, 2004 01:30 PMThese are the things legends are made of.
Posted by: Reg at February 1, 2004 02:29 PMWay to go Burger!
Posted by: neil at February 1, 2004 02:46 PMWhat would Coop think???
Posted by: JStratas at February 1, 2004 04:08 PMSurely you jest! This young man is suppose to be my son in law some day. I hope he wasn't "prematurely evaluating" the paper.
Posted by: Nancy at February 1, 2004 10:12 PMGlad you all are having a laugh at Reid's expense. As a public service, I went back and found the actual letter for ya:
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 5:40 AM
> To: 渡邊 雄介; Sato; 宮田 貴弘; M*** E******; J***** L********;
> Ishiguro; 太宰 徳七; Abe Okie; 外口 直美
> Subject: Policrom
>
> Dear Mr. Miyata,
>
> Policrom has a customer ejaculating the TJ90FC-PW2 for the Spinjet
> printer. They would like to place a trial roll order. Can NPI supply a 36" wide
> roll? If not, what is the best they can do? Again, this is only for a
> trial roll order, so quantities and volume predictions are unknown as this
> time.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Reid Luepke
> Specialty Products Division
Watching the Super Bowl with friends = beer, food, etc. $15
Catching a glipse of Janet's boobie = $0
Enjoying some laughter on Reid's expense:
PRICELESS
You should proof-REID your emails before you hit send.
Posted by: Arden at February 2, 2004 10:09 AMReid, thanks for making me laugh everyday!
p.s. Kudos to Abe!
Reid, I wish you were my boyfriend.
Posted by: megan at February 2, 2004 12:03 PMThis is truly emabarassing for Bellsouth, Tokyo, as well as our fellow Americans! Who is this Loupkie fellow , and does he really think he can get away with this atrocious behavior? Also, who's the idiot who really thinks spell check messed this email up?
Posted by: Harry C at February 2, 2004 02:02 PMHarrison et al.,
You have taken this way too far. I made a simple mistake, one that we have all made at some point or another in professional lives. I really wish everyone would bury their axes as I have been receiving endless emails and phone calls regarding this issue. Remember the Lueper has feelings too!
Sincerely,
Reid Luepke
Reid,
Quit jerking off you bonehead and get to work. Unbelieveable...This ranks up there with the Peter Chung emails..
http://www.dazereader.com/peterchungemail.htm
So there are people out on the world wide web that are trying to "sandbag" the legend. Not so fast my fearless friend or should I say foe. You almost made me, yet my email address is rluepke@yahoo.com not reidluepke@yahoo.com. Try again you imitation reid. late ril
reid, i need a dishwasher bad.
Posted by: p morris at February 4, 2004 11:11 PM