How an Email Snafu Led to 61,000 People Storming an Employment OfficeWhen an email for a recruitment meeting was accidentally sent to every registered job seeker in the city of Stockholm, chaos ensued.
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A different kind of syndrome has recently thrown Stockholm residents into a tizzy:unemployment.
When a public employment office mistakenly sent a recruitment email to every registered job seeker in the city -- some 61,000 people -- hopeful crowds turned up in droves.
但电子邮件是只intended for about 1,000 job seekers, reportsReuters, and solocal police had to be calledto quell angry mobs.
Given Sweden's current unemployment rate of 8.6 percent, thousands of people arrived in an alley where the office is located in downtown Stockholm. With an ominous energy buzzing, staff sounded the alarm, butno arrests were ultimately made.
Clas Olsson, acting director of the employment office, told a local newspaper that he was unsure whether the email snafu had been a human or technical error.
