Then I got his automated response. “I am out of the office having way more fun than communicating with you,” his email said. ...

There are many different ways to let people know you are 'out of office' for the holidays. Photo / Getty Much like a coffee order or star sign, the out-of-office message you set over the holiday ...

And in the internet age, perhaps as important as all the rest: have you turned on your out-of-office message? For the holidaying employee, there are, in fact, few more delightful moments.

That of course is the risk. But in terms of getting it wrong it's unlikely anything will rival the out-of-office that ended up on a road sign because officials assumed the auto-reply was the Welsh ...