James Veitch: The agony of trying to unsubscribe
James Veitch: Leiratkozni kész kínszenvedés!
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
forgotten about
she would pull the car over,
vezette, amiben ott ültem,
gotten out of the car,
to let me out of the car,
hogy kiengedjen engem.
I used to play with myself
I was bored or frustrated.
amikor unatkoztam vagy mérges voltam.
of information overload. Right?
korában élünk. Nem így van?
too many marketing emails.
ímélt szoktam kapni.
from a supermarket firm,
egy szupermarkettől,
and it went like this, it said:
at King's Cross opens!!!"
nyit a King's Crosson!!!"
signing up to that,
hogy föliratkoztam volna rá,
that they appear to think
about a shop opening.
to the bottom of the email,
I got another one that said,
I haven't clicked hard enough.
nem elég erősen kattintottam.
you guessed it,
at King's Cross opens!!!"
a SafeSmart a King's Crosson!!!!"
matter in this world
about supermarket chains
a strongly worded email,
egy ledorongoló ímélt;
a guy called Dan said,
to help me with your query."
hogy segítsen a kérdésedben."
excited about the opening!"
föl vagyok dobva a nyitástól!"
the bouncy castle or shall I?"
vagy tegyem meg én?"
but there is no celebration planned."
nem terveztünk."
until,' 'Two weeks until' emails?
a «3 hét múlva»,«2 hét múlva» ímélek?
castle was non-refundable."
úgysem térítik vissza.
a few hundred quid, Dan."
ugrott a több száz font, Dan."
for anything you have ordered."
ha valamit rendelt."
are in this together."
to make sure people take their shoes off?"
hogy levetesd a vevőkkel a cipőjüket?"
with Dan deteriorated somewhat,
megromlott a kapcsolatunk,
your Case Number is ..."
this is ... -- and I, I ....
All I'm doing is collecting case numbers.
Csak gyűjtögetem az ügyiratszámokat.
why there was no bouncy castle."
csodálkoztak, miért nem volt ugrálóvár."
the end of the story,
that anything -- everything --
as getting out of a car,
mint kiszállni a kocsiból,
your Case Number is #0000001.]
it was quite labor-intensive,
auto-replier program.
ami válaszol az ímélekre.
it receives an email from SafeMart,
ha ímél jön a SafeMarttól,
your Case Number is ..."
to up the case number every time.
mindig eggyel növelő képletet.
a number of emails going back and forth.
jöttek-mentek az ímélek.
sense of satisfaction to know
are just going to be pinging one another
az örökkévalóságig
I don't think that's bad.
azt hiszem, ez nem rossz.
by the bureaucracy
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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