James Veitch: The agony of trying to unsubscribe
Джеймс Витч: Мучительные попытки отписаться от рассылки
For James Veitch, a British writer and comedian with a mischievous side, spam emails proved the perfect opening to have some fun, playing the scammers at their own game. Full bio
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and she told me this story
и она рассказала мне историю,
forgotten about
she would pull the car over,
и она останавливала машину,
gotten out of the car,
to let me out of the car,
чтобы открыть мне дверь,
сам с собой в эту игру всякий раз,
I used to play with myself
I was bored or frustrated.
в веке информационных технологий.
of information overload. Right?
too many marketing emails.
слишком много имейлов c рекламой.
from a supermarket firm,
от супермаркета,
по юридическим причинам,
and it went like this, it said:
в котором говорилось:
at King's Cross opens!!!"
SafeMart на Кингс-Кросс!!!»
signing up to that,
что подписывался на это,
that they appear to think
about a shop opening.
to the bottom of the email,
I got another one that said,
ещё одно письмо:
I haven't clicked hard enough.
недостаточно сильно нажал.
you guessed it,
at King's Cross opens!!!"
SafeMart на Кингс-Кросс!!!»
matter in this world
действительно важны в этом мире,
about supermarket chains
a strongly worded email,
собираясь написать письмо с возмущениями,
a guy called Dan said,
помочь мне с вашим запросом».
to help me with your query."
excited about the opening!"
в предвкушении открытия!»
the bouncy castle or shall I?"
или это сделать мне?»
but there is no celebration planned."
но никакого празднования не планируется».
until,' 'Two weeks until' emails?
"Три недели до...", "Две недели до...".
castle was non-refundable."
мне уже не возвратят».
a few hundred quid, Dan."
то потеряем пару сотен футов, Дэн».
for anything you have ordered."
я не в ответе за то, что вы заказали».
вдаваться в то, кто что сделал.
are in this together."
to make sure people take their shoes off?"
за тем, что люди снимают обувь?»
with Dan deteriorated somewhat,
с Дэном несколько ухудшились,
your Case Number is ..."
this is ... -- and I, I ....
и я, я...
All I'm doing is collecting case numbers.
Всё, что я делаю — собираю номера.
why there was no bouncy castle."
почему не было надувного зáмка».
the end of the story,
that anything -- everything --
абсолютно из всего —
as getting out of a car,
your Case Number is #0000001.]
ваш номер: #0000001.]
it was quite labor-intensive,
это было весьма трудоёмко,
auto-replier program.
авто-ответа на электронные письма.
как приходит письмо от SafeMart,
it receives an email from SafeMart,
your Case Number is ..."
ваш номер: ...»
для инкремента номера с каждым разом.
to up the case number every time.
a number of emails going back and forth.
входящих и исходящих писем.
sense of satisfaction to know
ведь я знаю,
are just going to be pinging one another
будут слать друг другу письма
I don't think that's bad.
что это так уж плохо.
by the bureaucracy
отягощёнными бюрократией
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
James Veitch - Comedian and writerFor James Veitch, a British writer and comedian with a mischievous side, spam emails proved the perfect opening to have some fun, playing the scammers at their own game.
Why you should listen
Packed full of Nigerian princes, can't miss investment opportunities and eligible Russian brides, James Veitch's correspondence with email spammers leads to surprising, bizarre and usually hilarious results. Out of this experiment came his first book, Dot Con. In 2014, his first solo comedy show The Fundamental Interconnectedness of Everyone with an Internet Connection, premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe to wide acclaim. His second show, Genius Bar, focussed on his time working for Apple, chronicles his attempts to fix his relationship using the same troubleshooting techniques he’d been using to fix iMacs, iPhones and iPods. He is currently writing his third show and preparing to tour the UK.
He lives in London with his full body pillow.
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