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Twenty-something sends first work-related e-mail Twenty-something Dubliner Brian Duffy sent his first work-related e-mail last week, just four hours after beginning his first ever job. The e-mail, which contained an urgent request for a purchase order number, was sent by Duffy on Thursday the 27th of September at 12.19p.m., shortly after his accounts payable supervisor Derek Matthews ordered him to do so.
Duffy expounded on his new relationship with Carmel. "Although we have never met, Carmel and I share a keen understanding that business survival depends on the communication of a dizzying array of meaningless acronyms and ciphers." Despite having spent six years using e-mail, he admits that he has never used it in a work-related situation. "That's all changed now. It's like people want me to e-mail them stuff". Duffy, whose Outlook auto-signature boasts sixteen colours and nine different fonts, then re-recorded his voice mail message for the eleventh time. |
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giddy Duffy said afterwards: "This has been a complete eye-opener for
me. I don't even know Carmel in Corporate Affairs, yet here I am, requesting
her with an unsolicited e-mail to raise a purchase order number for me,
whatever that is." Carmel Fleece replied to the e-mail approximately 24
minutes later with a short promise to get back to young Brian. She then
signed off, giving her kindest regards to Duffy, an unknown and as yet
faceless co-worker. 
