Slack-style office text story: The reply-all epidemic
A ready Slack-style chat for a workplace mix-up, eight messages long and about 23 seconds as a video. Load it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The script: The reply-all epidemic
The reply-all epidemic is a eight-message workplace oops story told in the Slack style by Ula and Vic. Ula opens with "Please stop replying all." and the last bubble is "Muted. Thank you for the cake.", about 23 seconds in a video.
Message 4 is the longest at 8 words ("Sorry. I meant reply to the one person."); message 3 is the shortest ("VIC."). No line is a question; the pressure comes from statements.
How the Slack look carries the story
Threaded replies are a signature of the real app; in a short story, one extra named person joining the thread often does the same job. Switch on typing dots, reactions and an online status when you build the scene; read marks are not offered for Slack. This look starts at the Standard plan, which is worth knowing before you plan a batch of stories. ChatsRat draws this look with its shared layout, so use the page as a style guide and keep any workplace in the story invented. This look uses ChatsRat's shared layout, so treat it as a style guide.
Writing notes: workplace oops
Add one message that arrives too late to help. Lateness is a reliable comic beat. Use an invented company and invented roles. Do not use a real employer or real staff, and do not imitate a real person's writing.
What the Free plan shows
On a Free account you see four messages of The reply-all epidemic, ending at "Sorry. I meant reply to the one person.". To get to "Muted. Thank you for the cake.", four messages later, upgrade to a paid plan.
Tips
- Pause on Ula's "There are 312 people in this channel." before moving on to the next bubble.
- Let the opening "Please stop replying all." breathe so a late scroller still knows who is talking.
- Make the ending your own by editing "Muted. Thank you for the cake."; add "fictional chat" to the caption.
- Try two new names in place of Ula and Vic, then read the story out loud once.
- Check that "Reply all." lands in under two seconds of reading time.
Questions
Can I use The reply-all epidemic on the Free plan?
The Slack look needs the Standard plan or above, so a Free account cannot open it. The Plans page lists what each plan includes, and the Free plan shows the first four messages of a free look.
How long is The reply-all epidemic as a video?
About 23 seconds at a comfortable reading pace, counting eight messages with a short beat between them. Add a second or two for the ending card and a little more if you use a typing indicator before the last line.
Which look is best for workplace stories?
Slack-style and Teams-style looks say "work" at once. Any look works if the first message names the setting.
Is this Slack-style chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented story between Ula and Vic, made as a mock-up. ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Slack, and the name describes a style only. Label the video as fiction.
This is fiction. The people and events in this story are invented. ChatsRat makes mock-ups and fictional conversations for creators, designers and teachers. Do not use it to pass off a made-up conversation as a real one, to impersonate a real person, or as proof of anything. See the Acceptable Use policy.
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