I didn’t know that was you. Awkward moments with people you can’t stand

Monday, 05 March 2012 10:15

It was late at night. I shouldn’t have been on the computer, I should’ve gone to bed. I hadn’t slept for 22 hours and worst still, I was angry.

Not the best defence your honour.

It was months ago when I wrote to a colleague about my thoughts on someone. No names, no pack drill but when you’re annoyed, tired and a bit stressed you then to exaggerate how bad things are. And that’s precisely what I did. How much I thought they were hopeless, incompetent, idiotic and I also believed they were not really a person I preferred to associate with.

I read back the email and satisfied with my comments, I typed in the address. Of the person I was writing about. Then hit SEND.

Yep, great move. I tried to stop it, shutting down the computer, pulling out the phone line and even ringing Bigpond support to see if they could ‘be a darl and fetch an email for me’.

An agonising 24 hours passed, waiting on a phone call of abuse from said person. Then the most relieving message of all.

Undeliverable. Person no longer at address. Thank you Lord.

Let this be a lesson. Delete the person from your contacts before proceeding with email….

Have you ever let someone you know what you thought of them accidentally?

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