Saturday, February 6, 2010

Russian Brides and Viagra at Work

Every day at work I get work related emails and spam emails. On Wednesday this week I counted 32 spam emails at work selling Viagra. I delete them without reading them. If I was a man and if I was interested in a medication like Viagra, I'd consult my doctor and let my medical insurance cover some of the cost. I wouldn't get my drugs from a spam email at work. Tucked inbetween these spam emails are emails related to my job and I want to read them. Some spam emails are not Viagra related and they trickily use real names in the subject line. I won't know until I view them if they are legitimate or not. I get 5 or more emails from people named Elena or Svetlana. These tricky emails say things like (and read this in a Boris Badenov or Natasha Fatale accent): "Remember we danced under the Russian moon. Why you no write back to me? Russian brides available. I miss you terribly." Who is sending me these emails? Mr. Big or Fearless Leader? (not Sex and the City Mr. Big but Mr. Big who supervised Boris and Natasha). Oddly enough, I am grateful for the Viagra emails because if you have to get spam, at least get spam that is recognizable without having to read it. I know I'm not interested in Viagra and can delete them quickly by just looking at the subject line. We've complained about these emails at work yet nothing slows them down. Our firewall seems to be made of Swiss cheese.

1 comment:

Kathleen Riley said...

Perhaps the Russian bride and Viagra folks should team up? I do love your image of Natasha though...

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