Again, not strictly music based, but too funny not to post. Simple story is this
- Chinese travel agent/ ticketing agency spams a large group of emails. Forgets to BCC people
- One of the respondents (an expat working for an American retail firm) takes offense, and replies to all
- Chinese travel agent/ ticketing agency (this time on BCC) threatens to hound said expat and company out of China.
It’s pretty good. More after the jump.
We took out the expat’s name/ company, but left in the Chinese one. This is because the exchange was precipitated without solicitation by the offending Chinese company (in fact, had never heard of either of the participants). We are leaving “Tommy’s” contacts in there as he doesn’t seem to mind giving them out to all and sundry.
Finally, we do not condone the response (in fact, we kinda hate it when expats behave like this in China), but hey. Take it or leave it…
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 4:45 PM, liwenzheng <lwz@dynasty-tours.cn> wrote:
Dear Friends:
Asialive have been cooperate with Shanghai World Expo now, so we have entry ticket, so let me know when you decide to travel Shanghai during Shanghai World Expo.
Standard Day, Single Day Admission. 3 Day Admission, 7 Day Admission. If you are interesting about this information, contact me anytime.
| Phases
Types |
Price List for Expo 2010 Tickets | |
| Pre-sale Phase 3
2010.01.01- 2010.04.30 |
Expo Session
2010.05.01- 2010.10.31 |
|
| Standard day
Single Day Admission |
150 | 160 |
| 3 Day Admission | 400 | |
| 7 Day Admission | 900 | |
| handling fee | 80 | |
| Delivery fee | 80 | |
Have a good day! I’m looking forward to your reply Thanks and Best regards
Asialive Travel
tommy
Assistant of Business Development
Tel:010-58237217 Fax:010-58237211
58237201 Mobile:13910127393
Add:A2-A2306 Zhaowei Huadeng Plaza 14 Jiuxianqiao Lu Chaoyang Beijing.P.R.China 100016 E-mail:tommy@asialive.net.cn Http://www.asialive.net.cn
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发件人: XX 发送时间: 2010年2月5日 9:27 收件人: liwenzheng 抄送: fita de mir blanca; Fitch Laura; Gallade Thierry; Gamard Benoit; GIRALDO PAULA; Greenacre Simon; Hackler Bernd; hare julie; Hashmi Khalil; Hashmi Khalil 主题: Re: Shanghai World Expo
Dear Friend,
The Expo is stupid. No one even knows what it is. Ok, there’re some “pavilions”. What the f*ck is a pavilion? Sounds pretty g*y to me. Liwenzheng, you must be g*y–like, faggot g*y. Is that so? You want to go get g*y with some “pavilions” you a5s f*cker? I’m sure you do, a5shole.
–Poops3x
Your mouth is not clean “XX”:
The first of all, you are not Asialive guest, and when I receive your email, I want to smile, because I don’t know you, so please clean some of your words, World Expo 2010 Shanghai China is the occasion for China to bring the world at home, and for the world to feel at home in China. By dedicating a 5.28-square-kilometer area at the core of the city to exhibitions, events and forums on the Expo theme, “Better City, Better Life,” Shanghai hopes to build a powerful and lasting pilot example of sustainable and harmonious urban living.
The second, If you have once again made such a silly e-mail, I will take legal measures to put sanctions on you and I’ll let police find out you, as below is your advertisement on cityweekend website, and there have some information of you, You have to apologize for such a silly word, otherwise I will make your legal penalties, and will you expelled out of China.
Asialive Travel
tommy
Assistant of Business Development
Tel:010-58237217 Fax:010-58237211 58237201 Mobile:13910127393
Add:A2-A2306 Zhaowei Huadeng Plaza 14 Jiuxianqiao Lu Chaoyang Beijing.P.R.China 100016 E-mail:tommy@asialive.net.cn Http://www.asialive.net.cn
P Think eco-friendly before printing this message
Both parties are equally lame, but I’d give “Tommy” the edge considering his response sounds like the kind of verbal diarrhea that’s popular with junior high meatheads.
I think that the respondent was quite right in being so pissed off. We have enough spam as it is, but when you get spammed with all the emails shown it is doubly infuriating as it means that any of those people that has a current virus/trojan on their PC (now or in the future) has just collected a real live set of emails for use by it.
So the spammer should apologise *first*, he has no right to spam and certainly not in an open CC, and only *second* tell the respondent to fetch some toothpaste and brush to wash out the smell of excrement from their breath.
oh – just seen that bit about the respondent *also* adding all of his own contacts. answer stands but the respondent really should reduce their drug/alcohol intake
Spam is also abuse
Three examples of abuse in three mails:
First: Spam
Second: Name calling/homophobia
Third: Expo propaganda
On review I think the third is the most hateful and damaging. The expo site is a model of harmonious urban living? Offensive.
I love ” World Expo 2010 Shanghai China is the occasion for China to bring the world at home, and for the world to feel at home in China. “, but if you don’t apologist for being offended by our spam email (granted, in a rude way), we’ll kick you out of the country. Very welcoming
Speaking of the world feeling at Home in China. . . recently unnamed sources says that The PSB has been going to Expat populated bars in Shanghai asking them not to admit
1. Gay
2. Muslim
3. Blacks
Into their bar for public safety issues. . . . hmmmm.
Welcome to Shanghai
@Helen:
Meh. I had heard dozens of similar rumors of this nature here in Beijing during the march to the Holy Olympiad 2008, none of which were ever substantiated with reporting during the Games.
Best to wait and see what actually unfolds during the event before firing any arrows, well-intentioned or not.
PS: Where’d the “Take It Off” demo go? I fucking LOVE that track!
“Not to admit gay”, how could they tell, start playing liza minnelli tunes and see if it’ll cost involuntary movements?