James Veitch: The agony of trying to unsubscribe
James Veitch: Üyelikten çıkmaya çalışma ızdırabı
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
bana şu anıyı anlattı,
forgotten about
she would pull the car over,
arabayı kenara çekmiş,
gotten out of the car,
to let me out of the car,
I used to play with myself
oynadığım bir tür oyundu bu,
I was bored or frustrated.
neşelendirmek için yapardım.
of information overload. Right?
yaşadığımızı söylüyor, değil mi?
too many marketing emails.
ileti aldığımı biliyorum.
bir ticari ileti aldım,
from a supermarket firm,
and it went like this, it said:
ve iletinin içeriği şöyleydi:
at King's Cross opens!!!"
yalnızca üç hafta kaldı!!!"
signing up to that,
kaydolduğumu hatırlamıyorum,
that they appear to think
about a shop opening.
heyecanlanmam gerekiyor sanıyorlar.
to the bottom of the email,
I got another one that said,
başka bir ileti aldım:
I haven't clicked hard enough.
tam sert tıklayamamışım.
you guessed it,
ve doğru tahmin ettiniz:
at King's Cross opens!!!"
yalnızca bir hafta kaldı!!!"
matter in this world
about supermarket chains
iletileri olmasa bile zor,
a strongly worded email,
yazmak üzereydim,
a guy called Dan said,
to help me with your query."
için meslektaşıma danıştım."
excited about the opening!"
heyecanlıyım!" dedim.
the bouncy castle or shall I?"
yoksa ben mi ayarlayayım?"
but there is no celebration planned."
ama kutlama olmayacak."
until,' 'Two weeks until' emails?
iletileri neyin nesiydi?
castle was non-refundable."
a few hundred quid, Dan."
içerideyiz demektir, Dan."
for anything you have ordered."
hiçbir şeyden sorumlu değilim."
are in this together."
to make sure people take their shoes off?"
çıkarması için orada bekler misin?"
with Dan deteriorated somewhat,
Dan'le ilişkim biraz bozuldu gibi,
your Case Number is ..."
Dosya Numaranız ..."
this is ... -- and I, I ....
bu ... -- ve ben, ben ....
All I'm doing is collecting case numbers.
Dosya numarası alıp duruyordum.
why there was no bouncy castle."
diye merak etmişlerdir." dedim.
the end of the story,
that anything -- everything --
Herhangi bir şey -- her şey --
as getting out of a car,
sıradan bir şey bile,
your Case Number is #0000001.]
Dosya Numaranız #0000001.]
it was quite labor-intensive,
yoğun bir emek istiyordu
auto-replier program.
ileti yazılımım var.
it receives an email from SafeMart,
yanıtlayacak biçimde ayarladım.
Dosya Numaranız ..."
your Case Number is ..."
basit bir kodu var.
to up the case number every time.
a number of emails going back and forth.
gelen giden birkaç ileti olmuş.
sense of satisfaction to know
bir tatmin hissi veriyor:
are just going to be pinging one another
birbirini yanıtlayıp duracak
I don't think that's bad.
bence hiç de fena değil.
by the bureaucracy
sıradanlığından da oluyor,
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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