From Then We Came to the End, by Joshua Ferris:
A fun thing to do to let off steam after layoffs began was to go into someone’s office and send an e-mail from their computer addressed to the entire agency. It might say something simple like “My name is Shaw-NEE! You are captured, Ha! I poopie I poopie I poopie.” People came in in the morning and read that and the reactions were so varied.
Jim Jackers read it and immediately sent out an email that read, “Obviously someone came into my office last night and composed an e-mail in my name and sent it out to everyone. I apologize for any inconvenience or offense, although it wasn’t my fault, and would appreciate from whoever did this a public apology. I have read that e-mail five times now and I still don’t even understand it.”
I read that during Gatito’s nap and I laughed until I cried. That last line is the best part. Then I called A at work to read it to him but I was till gasping for air and could barely get it out. When Gatito woke up, I read it to him and he thought it was funny, too. So I coached him until he could recite the email and we’ve been laughing ever since.
