mailing list etiquette

If you're going to ask someone not to post the stock Confidentiality blurb ("this message is only intended for the recipient, etc.") - which they quite probably have no control over, said junk being attached by their corporate mail server - then it's probably not a good idea to cite the exact same blurb in your response to their query.

Really now.

customer support: a short dialogue

*ring*
"Welcome to Vodafone customer support. <random advertising, something about picture messaging> If you have a query about <stuff I'm not interested in> ... press 3. If you have a query about Vodafone Live or MMS, press 4"
*press*
"If you are calling from your Vodafone Live handset, please hang up and call customer care from another handset or a landline."
*blink* *blink*
*shrug*
*hangup*

missed photo opportunity

Our office gained some shelving over the weekend. Some posters had to be reattached to the wall. Just now, our CEO was hanging this poster over his desk.