The Best Out-Of-Office Messages

What’s your excuse?

Out of Office Responses are the best by their very nature. They mean you’re away from your desk. Hopefully on a beach somewhere with a pina colada in hand.

As the silly season is upon us, we’ve rounded up some of the best of the best of out of office responses.

Sure, there are the office-issue ones, with a polite thank you, alternate contacts and a with a start and end date, but surely you want to make the poor person who is emailing you while you’re busy baking your rig to have a giggle or four? Here’s some ideas. Best to run them by HR first though.

You can write them solely in emojis.

Steer clear from using the eggplant where possible.

There are some who take it to the next level …

There’s also this classic:

And then, for The Simpsons’ fan, there’s the classic Troy McClure post, DIY copy. A simple google search will help:

“Hi, I’m Troy McClure. You may remember me from such Out Of Office responses as Avenge My Death If I Do Not Return or I Prefer The Bahamas To The Boardroom. I’m here today to talk to you about someone you know. They’ll be away from their desk until 7 January 2019. That’s all for now. Be sure to watch me in upcoming Out Of Office responses, coming to your inbox soon.