Besides contributing at @TheDailyWTF, I write DevDisasters for Visual Studio Magazine, and involved in various side projects including child rearing and marriage.

It's baaaaaack...yep it's THAT time again. It's Share Your Bizarre Email day!

"This one by far is the greatest email I have ever received," wrote Kelly, "Apparently, corporate IT support is the great know it all!"

Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2010 2:03 PM To: Info Tech Subject: Aloe Vera whole leaf.. Hi, I have just purchased a whole leaf Aloe Vera. Someone told me to grind the whole leaf with a grinder and add a little water. Please, can someone tell me if it is safe to drink the solution this way or is there other method of processing it? Thanks! Joan

"Being a computer science major, I'm used to being asked idiotic tech questions," Kyle writes, "but this one stood out."

"Our SVN server has been flaky today, going down and coming back up without warning, and generally disrupting engineering," writes an Anonymous submitter, "I just received the following email:"

To: Engineering CC: Ops Subject: SVN Back up (once again) For those interested, we figured out what it is. Apparently the power cable to queen (the machine running SVN) was loose. And whenever the server room was opened, the machine would reboot. And the reboot did not start the Heartbeat service within SVN. So Ops is shoring up the power cable, and we should be good to go.

"As it turned out, every time Ops would go into the closet to see what's wrong with the SVN server, it would go down again...and again. I do not dare to think of what our colo must look like."

"At my work, it's all fun and games until someone disobeys the company's email policy," wrote Ian.

From: Joe Miller Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 9:40 AM To: Bill Smith; All Users Cc: Carrie Jones. Subject: RE: Email communication Oops!!! I forgot to copy Carrie. c.c. Carrie Jones. Joe A. Miller, MBA Sr. Vice President, RANDOM FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY Securities offered through Broker/Dealer, (Member ABCD,EFGH) Investment advice offered through RANDOM FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY, a registered investment advisor. > ------------------ > > From: Joe Miller > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 9:39 AM > To: Bill Smith; All Users > Subject: RE: Email communication > > Bill, > > I request that you re-consider your attached request. That arrogant request is not the Bill Smith > that recruited me 9 years ago. You were considerate, polite, and humble. > > Please tell me you didn’t mean it the way it read? > > Think about it, you chastised someone for simply not “replying” to your email a few weeks ago. > Now your saying that you may not even READ yours, much less reply? What happened to our company being “family”? > > Here’s hoping the Bill I know comes back into King Bill’s body. > > Respectfully, > > Joe A. Miller, MBA > Sr. Vice President, RANDOM FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY > > Securities offered through Broker/Dealer, (Member ABCD,EFGH) > Investment advice offered through RANDOM FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY, a registered investment advisor. > > > > ------------------ > > > > From: Bill Smith > > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 5:38 PM > > To: All Users > > Subject: Email communication > > > > I have made this request before but it bares repeating since it is still not happening. Carrie Jones > > should at least be copied on all emails to me. In fact, I prefer you send them to her unless they are private. > > She will get them to me. If you send to me without ccing her, it is 50/50 if I see it or not. > > > > Thank You, > > > > Bill W. Smith, President > > Registered Financial Consultant > > Random Financial Services Company > > > > Smith Service Team > > > > Joe xxx 321-456-1724 > > Kelly xxx 321-456-1726 > > Carrie Jones 321-456-4882 > > Brandy xxx 321-456-4884 > > Jill xxx 321-456-4883 > > Steve xxx 321-456-1736 > > > > Securities offered through Broker/Dealer, (Member ABCD, EFGH) > > Investment Advice through RANDOM FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY a registered investment advisor.

Got a bizarre email that makes you go "WTF"? Well, then go on and mail it in !