Someone keeps sending me racist emails. I found out who he was and I got even.

So my first and last names are both common and commonly used by racist F-words, mostly in the

deep south, to name their kids. And through a combination of genetics and upbringing, those kids

tend to grow up to be racist F-words too. Because it's so common,

there's always been another person with my same first and last name in any place that I've worked.

Most of them are not racist F-words, but this isn't about those ones. This is about a different guy.

A guy with some seriously effed- up friends. I should mention that all

people with my name are used to getting misdirected emails. It's inevitable when you have a common name.

You basically just figure out who it was meant to go to, forward a copy to him, and CC the person who got

the address wrong. Easy peasy. Hardly ever happens twice. Once in a blue moon,

you get something inappropriate. Fine, I get it. People can sometimes be rude and private. When that

happens, I add a little note to the CC letting the sender know that it's not okay to be a racist F word

and that if he does it again, I'll go right to his employer,

if it's from a work email. And I'll go to my employer, since the recipient is from my company.

The result is pretty predictable. I get back a humbly worded apology and a promise never to let it

happen again. So it's effective and maybe even a teachable moment. Nah, who am I kidding? They probably

just triple check the email address the next time. But you take what you can get, I guess.

One time, though, my very politely worded warning was not well received. I got back one extremely

vitriolic response from the sender, accusing me of being every

derogatory name in the clan handbook.

I was invited to perform impossible bedroom feats upon myself, commit self-deletion several

times in a row, and all manner of colourful stuff.

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