James Veitch: The agony of trying to unsubscribe
ジェイムズ・ヴィーチ: 購読解除の苦悩!
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
昔のことを 話してくれたんですよ
forgotten about
she would pull the car over,
母が車を停めて
gotten out of the car,
to let me out of the car,
I used to play with myself
暇つぶしに
I was bored or frustrated.
of information overload. Right?
送られてきます
too many marketing emails.
from a supermarket firm,
and it went like this, it said:
at King's Cross opens!!!"
開店までたった3週間!!」
signing up to that,
登録した覚えもないし
that they appear to think
と思ってるらしい
about a shop opening.
to the bottom of the email,
画面をスクロールして
ボタンを押しました
I got another one that said,
開店までたった2週間!!」
I haven't clicked hard enough.
購読解除しようとするでしょ?
you guessed it,
1週間後 ご想像のとおり
at King's Cross opens!!!"
開店までたった1週間!!」
アクセスさせてくれますが
アクセスを与えてるんです
matter in this world
about supermarket chains
何が些細なことだか
a strongly worded email,
苦情メールを書こうと思いました
そう思って
a guy called Dan said,
返信がきました
社内で相談中です」
to help me with your query."
どうかな」
excited about the opening!"
the bouncy castle or shall I?"
僕が手配しようか?」
but there is no celebration planned."
開店祝いは予定しておりません」
until,' 'Two weeks until' emails?
のメールは一体何だったんですか?
castle was non-refundable."
キャンセルできないんだし」
a few hundred quid, Dan."
数百ポンド損することになるよ ダン」
for anything you have ordered."
手配なさったものへの責任は負いかねます」
言い合いは もう止めよう
are in this together."
to make sure people take their shoes off?"
ちゃんと靴を脱ぐように見ててくれる?」
with Dan deteriorated somewhat,
少し悪化してしまいました
your Case Number is ..."
お問合せ番号は99609105です」
this is ... -- and I, I ....
[お問合せ番号は39009371です]
[お問合せ番号は01591320です]
All I'm doing is collecting case numbers.
—ダン」
why there was no bouncy castle."
皆 不思議に思ってたんじゃないかな :(」
[お問合せ番号は3398382です]
the end of the story,
that anything -- everything --
車を降りるようなつまらないことさえ
as getting out of a car,
ということを
your Case Number is #0000001.]
お問合せ番号は0000001です」
(笑)
[お問合せ番号は0000002です]
[お問合せ番号は3382982です]
[お問合せ番号は0000003です]
[お問合せ番号は3782745です]
it was quite labor-intensive,
結構大変だったんですよ
他にもやることあったし
auto-replier program.
自動返信プログラムを使って
it receives an email from SafeMart,
自動的に返信するようにしました
お問合せ番号は…」
your Case Number is ..."
毎回順番に付与されます
to up the case number every time.
a number of emails going back and forth.
21,439番まで行っていました
sense of satisfaction to know
are just going to be pinging one another
送り合い続けると考えると
I don't think that's bad.
まあ悪くないなと思ってます
by the bureaucracy
げんなりしたり
うんざりした時
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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