OUT OF THE OFFICE

Don't you feel like people are immune to out of office replies? So in order to make sure people are paying attention, I want to make sure that I'm using my out of office replies appropriately. If I used one for every day I was not at my desk, you'd get an out of office reply from me every other day!

I used to use "Up in the Air" when I was flying (but now there is gogoinflight). I used "Out of the Country" but wifi usually gets me internet most places. "At an event" but now I have a cell phone with 4G coverage. I almost have no excuse to be offline for so long that I need an out of office reply. Email responses within a day I think is acceptable, and for coworkers who really want to know where I am can stalk my calendar.

Two exceptions

1. When I'm out of the office on vacation, I now write clearly in the subject line: "Out of the office on vacation" so people realize that I'm OFF of work.

2. When I'm out of the office for all day trainings with limited access to email, I will write "Out of the office in training" so they'll realize that I'm unavailable all day day.

But what about for business travel?

Now that the internet allows us to possibly be connected wherever we go, I wonder what my appropriate out of office reply should be when I'm traveling for business domestically with some access to email in between meetings on my phone or computer?

A) Out of the Office

B) Slow to Email

C) Traveling for Business

D) None of the Above


What do you think?