How to plan an emergency (an Outlook tip)
Posted on December 6th, 2007 by Sensei
You already know that your next meeting is going to be as exciting as porn with Margaret Thatcher, but you have to be there. So what do you do?
Plan an emergency.
There are lots of ways to do this, but the simplest is to make sure you get a call that you “have to take.” Sure, you could have a friend do it, but then your operation could spring a leak. The Cubicle Fu Master knows that sometimes, you have to work alone.
How to place a call to yourself:
- In Microsoft Outlook, create a new email
- In the “To” field, enter the email address that will send a text to your phone (e.g. for Sprint users this is 1234567890@messaging.sprintpcs.com, and you’d replace 1234567890 with your own number)
- Now under the View menu, select Options
- See the checkbox that says “Do not deliver before…,” just set the time you want it sent.
Now make sure your Outlook stays on while you walk into the meeting. When the text comes in, look, and put on your best Oscar performace. “Oh, I’m really sorry, this is urgent and I need to take it. I’ll come by later to get briefed on what you all decide. I’m really sorry about this”
Now you can back to watching that video of cats pooping.
