Always make your test messages something like, "Test message, please ignore".
That way if it all goes wrong at least it looks like it was somewhat intentional.
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I usually go with "Test. Mentioning the existence of this message can make you the target of all sorts of unpleasant things. Ignore this message or else.
You don't get it. You're still acknowledging the existence of the message since you're reading it. You still don't get it. Either this message exists, or you do. It's a zero-sum game. Do you enjoy existing?
Are you thinking about it? Wrong.
Test."
I just make all my test messages Dirty Harry gifs
I bet he learned more today than he did all of last year. One of us!
Update:
Oof.
Not quite as bad as texting all of Hawaii that missiles are inbound, but still interesting. Wonder what they're testing.
I wouldn't be able to decide how to feel if told "missiles are inbound but still interesting". Deeply in panic or unhealthily curious?
It's ads isn't it?
My first week at a major fund company I was assigned to an internal business tool used by thousands. I noticed all the company email addresses in the sandbox weren't correct, so I ran a script to correct them. Cue a call from C-level to my boss asking why he got a "email changed notification". Followed by another.. And another.. And another...
I went out to lunch
We hired a DBA that put a read lock on a production database table and went out to lunch.
That's, you've really added value!
was this really your fault then?
The "internal business tool" was a well known industry wide product that I had experience in. I should have known that changing an email address in any environment caused that new email address to be notified. It was my fault yes
Oh man, I did that at a midsize company as a jr. That's a right of passage. Informing millions of people that you're shit at testing. That was a fun conversation with my boss
Rite
Your right 👍
Is that actually real?
I got one
That's nuts
Pls spotify hire me. I can do these things I swear
how get such a job to earn my stripes?
This is from Montreal’s south shore agglomeration:
You're not gonna believe this but i was born in gpk haha, nice to see it here.
That is so fucking funny.