Clown Shoes

I've always wanted a chance to use the term "Clown Shoes" properly. I finally got it.

A friend/client of mine called about three weeks ago, apparently he got a new phone system.

The guy who installed it said that I needed to make some changes to their router to allow them to service the phone system remotely.

I told the client to have the phone guy email me what he needs. I heard nothing. Or so I thought. For three weeks or so, I told the client I heard nothing. Because I truly believed that I hadn't.

Anyway, the client finally forwards the phone guy's email to me.

Turns out, the phone guy sent me an email with no subject line, and when he entered his name in his email settings, he used some goofy capitalization - "Shmuly GOldsmith". Between the goofy spelling, lack of subject line, and the fact that I don't know anyone with that name, I figured it was spam and marked it as such. Mystery solved. Of course, this would also block him from sending me mail in the future as well.

Here's what I wrote to the client once I figured it out:

"I think I figured out why it got marked as spam.

His name is shown with goofy capitalization, and he put NO subject line.

Fucking clown shoes."

Anyway, "Shmuly GOldsmith" -- thanks for the outstanding opportunity to use "Clown Shoes". Next time take less than a friggin' minute to type your own name correctly and enter a subject line.