The Daily ACK 1/8/2012 This FROST me a good bit!

A few days ago I started getting odd email's from people I didn't know telling me they were R.S.V.P. for a Luncheon on 9 Jan 2012. ....this isn't the first time this has happened. I seem to get mail that should go to someone else named Massengill. Our email addresses differ by only one letter. This has been going on for at least 5 years if not longer. One night, a few years ago, I decided to see if I could find out about this person and I found out who she is married to, what college she graduated from and what year....and other important information without even trying hard. All it took was Google.com, a name and a town name.....but I digress!

When I got these email's, I wrote the sender back and informed them of the correct address for their R.S.V.P.  
At such point that I started getting a good bunch of said R.S.V.P. email's, I searched for the organization on the Internet and found the email address of the director of the organization. I wrote the organization's director:

I have been informed that my email address has been given out as (someone else named Massengill)'s email address for the 9 Jan 2012 Luncheon.
I am not (someone else named Massengill) and her email address is XXXXXXXXXXXX@XXXXXXXX (please note there is only one "L" at the end of her name)
Please make sure you announce the corrected address  on your web page or by phone. It would be a shame for people to miss your luncheon because of having the wrong email address to RSVP to.

Thank you
Johnny Massengill

His answer was as follows:

Mr. Massengill,
We are SOOOOO sorry. This was a printing error. Please, please forward these to (someone else named massengill at the correct address) or (someone else's email)
We really do apologize for the error. We were wondering why we had not gotten responses from several folks. It is important to us that we get a good headcount for our event.

Signed by the director of this organization......

My answer back to him was as follows:

I'm an innocent person in all of this and this isn't the first time I've had this problem. I get a great deal of (some other person named )Massengill's email.

(for the record, I've gotten her country club bill, her church news letter, The newsletter of the lawn and garden company she uses, email's from the public library, email's from many of her friends...one of which I had to write 3 different times to say that I WAS NOT her friend...and I STILL get email from this person! This latest bunch of email about this luncheon has generated 46 email's !!! It is almost as if this woman doesn't know her own email address! I know that ANYTIME I receive email concerning a certain geographic area, it isn't for me. I don't have family or friends in that area and I've never even been there!)

For as much as I understand your activities, It is not my job to ensure the email for this luncheon arrives at the correct place or is forwarded to the correct person. I have ask that you put the corrected information on your website for all to see.
I don't monitor my email daily and it is your organization's problem to ensure that the correct information is given in the future.
For as sorry as you might be about this problem, think of how you would feel if a total stranger ask you to be responsible to ensure information was passed on at the cost of your time and effort???? This isn't my problem, it is the problem of your organization!
I'm sure  you have a wonderful group that does a great deal of good in your community but I don't live there. I only have so much time and effort for the pursuits of my own life and in my own community.

and a BIG ACK! to all of this! I'm totally shocked that a person that i don't know would even CONSIDER to ask me to forward a bunch of  email to the correct person! GAH! ACK! and GAH! again!

*stepping off my soap box*
J.