This Is Egregious: Out-of-Office Replies During Finals

Someone forwarded us this message from a Penn undergrad who shall remain nameless:

Greetings,

This is an automatic reply being sent because I am currently studying for Final Exams at the University of Pennsylvania.  The end of this semester is Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008.  I will be unable to reply to any e-mails until after that date.

Thanks for your understanding,
-[Redacted]

Totally unacceptable virtual impression management, kid–you seem to have missed several important memos re: appropriate usage of Microsoft Outlook.  Heh.  We almost didn’t post this, but then a voice of reason reminded us: “He’s out of his office for a while, so he probably wouldn’t notice.”