A list of OOO templates for Thanksgiving – Morning Brew

You’ve probably got six million things to do before you can sit down and enjoy your slab of turkey and cream-based sides. We put together some OOO messages you can use to stay focused on what really matters this Thanksgiving: proving you’re the coolest cousin.

Make the most of your holiday.

Hi there,

Thanks for your email. I’m making the most of the long weekend and will also be OOO during [enter days OOO]. Unfortunately, I cannot balance both Thanksgiving family guilt and work guilt, so I will not be reachable in that time frame. If anything urgent comes up, please reach out to [emergency contact name/email] and I’ll coordinate with them when I return to the office.

Have a good day and great gravy!

Need a little pre-Thanksgiving prep time?

Thank you for reaching out.

I am unavailable from [enter OOO days] in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday. I’m anticipating getting a turkey stuck on my head, much like Monica in the Friends episode “The One With All the Thanksgivings” (S5E8), and want to plan accordingly. If it’s urgent, my colleague [emergency contact name/email] can help.

Going home for the big feast?

Thank you for reaching out.

I will be traveling home for Thanksgiving and therefore unavailable from [enter OOO days]. I’ll have limited access to email because I’ll spend a majority of my time desperately searching for topics to talk about with my old high school friends. I’ll get back to you after we’ve discussed that time Maria Adams puked into her trumpet three times at state.

Or…

Hi friend! I’ll be OOO [enter days] to travel to my hometown for Thanksgiving where I’ll spend approximately three days eating only dinner rolls and swiping on Tinder to see who else is gay now.

I’ll get back to you as soon as I return to the office! Happy Holidays!

Need something short and sweet?

I am unavailable from [enter OOO days] in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday and the rip-roarin’ fight my family will have at some point during this holiday weekend. If it’s urgent, my colleague [emergency contact name/email] can help.

Or perhaps…

I am unavailable from [enter OOO days] as I will be extending my Thanksgiving holiday to apply alternating hot and cold compress to my neck and forehead because my cousin Terry is a lunatic about blitzing in our family touch football game.

Maybe you’d like to get a little dark.

Thank you for reaching out.

I am unavailable from [enter OOO days] because I’m busy holding the fetal position in a cold shower after realizing that the total cook time of “2 hours” on the turkey recipe did not factor in the 5 days of braising in the fridge. I’ll get back to you after my post-takeout Thanksgiving dinner.

Even darker?

Hey there! Thanks for your email.

I’m extending my Thanksgiving vacation while I figure out how to put parental controls on my grandma’s TV so she doesn’t get radicalized further. I’ll be offline from [enter days OOO]. If anything urgent comes up, reach out to [emergency contact name/email].

Thank you and happy holidays.

Maybe throw in a fun holiday fact.

Thanks for your email and happy Thanksgiving! I will be OOO during [enter days OOO]. Did you know that you can speed up the defrosting process on a 30lb turkey if you stand in your kitchen sobbing with a hair dryer for 8 hours? Now you do.

Or tack on a couple of these bad boys after a classic OOO message:

• If you absolutely need to reach me, I’ll be one of the balloons in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
• If you need to reach me, place a chocolate bourbon pecan pie on your windowsill. It’ll lure me out.
• If you need immediate assistance, call when my mother starts interrogating my eating habits. I’d appreciate the out.
• If you’d like to speak to someone immediately, call my cousin. He has a lot of thoughts on bitcoin.

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