James Veitch: The agony of trying to unsubscribe
James Veitch: Prenumeratos atsisakymo agonija
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
ir ji man pasakojo istoriją,
forgotten about
she would pull the car over,
ir kai ji sustodavo
gotten out of the car,
to let me out of the car,
I used to play with myself
kurį galėdavau žaisti vienas
I was bored or frustrated.
kai būdavo nuobodu ar pikta.
of information overload. Right?
perkrautas informacijos, ar ne?
too many marketing emails.
reklaminių laiškų.
from a supermarket firm,
nuo prekybos centro įmonės,
and it went like this, it said:
at King's Cross opens!!!"
atidarymo Kings Krose!!!“
signing up to that,
būčiau davęs jiems el. pašto adresą,
that they appear to think
about a shop opening.
kad atsidaro parduotuvė.
to the bottom of the email,
iki pat pabaigos
I got another one that said,
tokį patį laišką:
King's Cross!!!“
I haven't clicked hard enough.
stipriai spustelėjau pele.
you guessed it,
ir galit spėti iš naujo,
at King's Cross opens!!!"
atidarymo Kings Krose!!!“
neribotą prieigą viskam,
neribotą prieigą prie mūsų
matter in this world
about supermarket chains
prekybos centrų tinklus
a strongly worded email,
piktą laišką,
a guy called Dan said,
to help me with your query."
kad padėtų man su užklausa.“
„Tai koks planas, Dan?
excited about the opening!"
negaliu sulaukti atidarymo!“
the bouncy castle or shall I?"
ar galiu aš?“
but there is no celebration planned."
bet šventės niekas neplanuoja.“
until,' 'Two weeks until' emails?
pranešantys, kiek liko laiko?
castle was non-refundable."
negrąžinamas.“
a few hundred quid, Dan."
tai prarasime kelis šimtus svarų, Dan.“
for anything you have ordered."
nesu atsakingas už jūsų užsakymus.“
are in this together."
to make sure people take their shoes off?"
kad žmonės nusiautų batus?“
with Dan deteriorated somewhat,
su Dan pablogėjo,
your Case Number is ..."
Jūsų bylos numeris yra ...“
this is ... -- and I, I ....
All I'm doing is collecting case numbers.
Aš vis renku tuos bylų numerius.
why there was no bouncy castle."
pripučiamo batuto.“
the end of the story,
that anything -- everything --
viskas –
as getting out of a car,
kaip išlipimas iš mašinos,
jeigu sugalvoji tam tinkamą žaidimą.
your Case Number is #0000001.]
Jūsų bylos numeris yra #0000001.]
it was quite labor-intensive,
tai buvo sunkus darbas,
auto-replier program.
automatinio atsakymo programą.
it receives an email from SafeMart,
kad gavus laišką nuo SafeMart
your Case Number is ..."
Jūsų bylos numeris yra ...“
to up the case number every time.
kad kaskart bylos numeris didėtų.
a number of emails going back and forth.
gauta bei siųsta daugybė laiškų.
sense of satisfaction to know
are just going to be pinging one another
taip ir bendraus tarpusavyje
I don't think that's bad.
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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