Consultant’s e-mail joke backfires
A CONSULTANT with one of Ireland’s leading accountancy firms has
issued a grovelling apology after writing a joke e-mail that went wrong.
Cian Kelliher — who worked for Ernst and Young in Dublin —
backtracked quickly after realising his insulting e-mail to colleagues
had escaped the confines of the office and was being forwarded all over
the world.
In the original mail written just a day before he left his position Mr
Kelliher took a tongue-in-cheek swipe at his colleagues, including flatulent
co-workers.
He wrote: “It takes a strong man to admit his mistake — it
takes a stronger man to attribute his mistake to me.
“I have been fortunate enough to work with some absolutely interchangeable
[people] on a wide variety of seemingly identical projects — an
invaluable lesson in overcoming daily tedium in overcoming daily tedium
in overcoming daily tedium.”
He then claimed that most of his co-workers at the firm barely acknowledged
him and he hoped they continue to do just that if he happens to meet them
on the street.
But he saves his best — and funniest — jibes for a number
of named colleagues.
He told one: “I will always remember sharing lunch with you despite
having clearly labelled it with my name.”
And he told another: “I will miss detecting your flatulence as much
as you will clearly miss walking past my cubicle to deliver it.”
“Best wishes on your ongoing campaign to popularise these ‘e-mail
forwards’. I sincerely hope you receive that weekend full of good
luck, that hug from an old friend and that baby for your dusty womb.
“And finally, to ***: you were right — I tested positive.
We’ll talk later.”
He then invited his colleagues out to going-away drinks in a popular Dublin
pub.
However with the e-mail fast achieving cult status Mr Kelliher has since
written another one apologising asking everyone who forwarded the original
e-mail to also forward the apology.
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