Overactive spam filter

We can tell from our ‘spam email management security system’ (Barracuda, I’ve used blip to whinge about it before) that an important email has been circulated about the building reopening more fully. Brilliantly, we can’t release the email to read it. So Dan and I spent some time creating new marketing taglines for Barracuda:

‘Tired of receiving emails at work? Try Barracuda and keep your inbox completely empty.’

‘Barracuda – guaranteed to send your blood pressure skyrocketing. But at least you won’t have any emails to read!’

These messages were delivered, which was progress. If Barracuda could sense sarcasm like it senses innocuous emails it would have blocked our piss-taking attempts and released the one informing us when we may be able to enter the office without jumping through hoops. I wonder if we will also see the return of tea towels. These have been removed and replaced with paper towels for dabbing items dry. Leaving crockery dripping wet on a draining board is forbidden and swiftly reprimanded in any case of non-compliance. The dabbing wastage rankles me, especially if it’s not proven that tea towels in almost deserted offices are sources of Covid spread.

Queens’ College has some nice, old, tall walls.