On Friday I received an email on my work email account. As background, I work for a government agency, so my email address is available to anyone else in government who searches for it. I also have a very long, unique, and memorable name... so I'm pretty easy to find.
Anyway, here is the email I received:
Subject: Hi!
Hi Theia,
I see your name popping up every now and then so just wanted to shoot you an email.
How are you? What are you up to these days?
I remember when you were [old job title] for the [other government agency].
I was homeschooling for a lot of years, but came back to [another government agency] 1.5 years ago.
Still playing any volleyball?
Can you believe we are this old now? :)
I sure don’t feel my age on the inside, but my poor old body does…hurt my back and down to walking and swimming only these last few months.
Best wishes for a Happy Holiday season, if I don’t get to run into you sometime.
And then her signature line was at the bottom.
I know you're now thinking, "What is the point of this post? That is a perfectly acceptable email."
Here's the problem. I have NO FREAKING IDEA who this person is. I am totally serious. This woman and her email are a complete mystery to me. The fact that she knows so much about me is a little unsettling, to be honest.
- Where I used to work
- That I played competitive volleyball for a million years
- That I'm old, haha
I searched for her name on Facebook, and the picture that came up is a compete stranger. (It might not be her, if there are more people with the same name of course).
Do I respond? If so, do I 'fess up and say, "Thanks for the really nice email, but who the fuck are you?" OK, maybe not that. "Thanks for the nice email, but I am drawing a blank... Do I know you?"
Seriously, what do I say?? I don't want to embarrass the poor girl, but at the same time who the heck is she???
This is driving me nuts, in case you couldn't tell. Help!
7 comments:
I wouldnt respond if I had no clue who it was
I'm with BDD. If you don't know the person, I wouldn't continue the dialog.
That's crazy. Is the first name familiar at all....maybe the last name is a married name, and she just forgot to mention she used to be someone else.
But I agree with others...not sure I would respond if I didn't know who it was.
If you don't know who it is, don't respond. Better safe than sorry!
I feel so rude not responding! Ugh.
Michael, I had the same thought too. But I am honestly drawing a complete blank. The job she referenced was from 1990-1993 -- my very first job out of school. ???? Someone would have to know me to know that much detail, wouldn't they??
"Thanks for the really nice email, but who the fuck are you?" LMAO!!!
I spit out my coffee just then! Awesome!
If you want to respond, maybe just be honest - say, this is awkward but I have no idea who you are? And leave it at that.
I think it would be sort of neat to find out who it i s-- you might make a new (old) friend out of this!
I think your hubs would say the same as I am saying: Don't respond.
That much info could be easily available in various search engines. This could be some weird phishing thing or a psycho.
But then, I'm a suspicious type.
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