James Veitch: The agony of trying to unsubscribe
Джеймс Вийч: Агонията на опитите за отписване
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 тя ми разказа една история,
forgotten about
и тя отбиела от пътя, за да спре,
she would pull the car over,
gotten out of the car,
to let me out of the car,
I used to play with myself
I was bored or frustrated.
когато бях отегчен или разстроен.
на информационно претоварване.
of information overload. Right?
твърде много рекламни имейли.
too many marketing emails.
from a supermarket firm,
от верига супермаркети,
and it went like this, it said:
на SafeMart на Кингс Крос!!!"
at King's Cross opens!!!"
signing up to that,
да съм се регистрирал за подобен имейл,
that they appear to think
about a shop opening.
от отварянето на някакъв магазин.
to the bottom of the email,
получих друг имейл с текст:
I got another one that said,
на Кингс Крос!!!"
кликнал достатъчно силно.
I haven't clicked hard enough.
you guessed it,
at King's Cross opens!!!"
на SafeMart на Кингс Крос!!!"
важни на този свят,
matter in this world
за вериги супермаркети
about supermarket chains
a strongly worded email,
канех се да им напиша хаплив имейл,
a guy called Dan said,
човек на име Дан каза:
to help me with your query."
да ми помогне за твоя въпрос."
какво имате предвид."
excited about the opening!"
развълнуван от откриването!"
the bouncy castle or shall I?"
или аз да го направя?"
че сте разбрали погрешно."
but there is no celebration planned."
но не е планирано празненство."
until,' 'Two weeks until' emails?
с 'Три седмици до', 'Две седмици до'?
castle was non-refundable."
не се възстановява."
с няколкостотин паунда, Дан."
a few hundred quid, Dan."
for anything you have ordered."
за нищо, което сте поръчали."
кой какво е направил.
are in this together."
to make sure people take their shoes off?"
дали хората си свалят обувките?"
придобиха нова посока,
with Dan deteriorated somewhat,
който получих, беше това:
your Case Number is ..."
Вашият номер е ..."
this is ... -- and I, I ....
ама това е.. аз, аз...
All I'm doing is collecting case numbers.
Всичко, което правя, е да събирам номера."
why there was no bouncy castle."
защо няма надуваем замък."
[автоматичен имейл]
the end of the story,
that anything -- everything --
as getting out of a car,
като слизането от колата,
your Case Number is #0000001.]
Вашият номер е #0000001.]
it was quite labor-intensive,
това беше доста трудоемко,
auto-replier program.
малка програма за автоматични имейли,
it receives an email from SafeMart,
когато получи имейл от SafeMart,
your Case Number is ..."
Вашият номер е ..."
to up the case number every time.
поредния номер всеки път.
a number of emails going back and forth.
известно количество имейли.
sense of satisfaction to know
are just going to be pinging one another
ще си отговарят една на друга
I don't think that's bad.
това не е лошо.
by the bureaucracy
затънали в бюрокрация
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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