I winced just reading the subject title. 

Quote from: duccarlos on May 24, 2012, 03:14:23 PM
The people on this board are a bunch of squids who couldn't ride their way out of a paper bag. I'm ashamed to know any of you.

This right here should be another lesson 

Quote from: Dwead Piwate Woberts on May 25, 2012, 07:52:04 PM
I put mind control devices into orbit with the intention of enslaving humanity.

indeed, many lessons

Quote from: Dwead Piwate Woberts on May 25, 2012, 07:52:04 PM
This right here should be another lesson 

Ain't that the truth...

My company also has internal instant messaging and I have found many things I have typed thinking I was answering a personal question showing up in official communication.

It's no wonder I just want to close the blinds, shut out the outside world and drink alone.

Quote from: lethe on May 25, 2012, 07:54:08 PM
indeed, many lessons

Buy a KTM.

Quote from: superjohn on May 26, 2012, 01:29:43 PM
My company also has internal instant messaging and I have found many things I have typed thinking I was answering a personal question showing up in official communication.

It's no wonder I just want to close the blinds, shut out the outside world and drink alone.

We also have an internal IM, but it stores all conversations in Outlook.

Quote from: Dwead Piwate Woberts on May 26, 2012, 07:53:35 PM
Buy a KTM.

hmmm, is that why I did that?

this was years ago..

buddy at an old job, the system administrator no less, sent an email with a picture of a young lady rudely using 8-10 hotdogs in ways they were never meant to be used.

Mistyped a name in the to: field which autocompleted, and without really paying attention ended up sending the mail to the head of HR.

I don't have "Reply All" on my client. And I think that's great.

I get 80+ work emails each day and the thing I hate most is the "reply all" button.  On sensitive issues, people at my level do something that seems to be quite rare now, we pick up the telephone and have real conversations.  For some people that feel they need to document everything and CYA (cover your a$$), email seems to be their only form of communication.  Sarcasm and innuendo are hard to read in emails.  Live and learn people.

Ciao!

Quote from: r_ciao on May 27, 2012, 03:28:10 PM
I get 80+ work emails each day and the thing I hate most is the "reply all" button.  On sensitive issues, people at my level do something that seems to be quite rare now, we pick up the telephone and have real conversations.  For some people that feel they need to document everything and CYA (cover your a$$), email seems to be their only form of communication.  Sarcasm and innuendo are hard to read in emails.  Live and learn people.

Ciao!

My boss is like that.

You'll tell him something face to face, and he'll say "I need you to email that to me"  

We all know what that means though: "Email it to me so I can use it against you at a later date."

...so I'll just tell him something important, then "forget" to email it later (hey, I was busy, you know?). Then when he wants to "push the shit down hill," when something goes wrong...well...woops...no email chain to link it to. Pity.

Quote from: r_ciao on May 27, 2012, 03:28:10 PM
I get 80+ work emails each day and the thing I hate most is the "reply all" button.  

My favorite is when a big one, usually an FYI situation, goes out to a large group of folks throughout the corporation (most of which I don't know) and each idiot that responds (usually a response nobody would give a rat's ass about) also hits the "reply all" button.

then there is what I call "the festival of morons"

an email accidentally goes out to the entire division distro....

and everyone sends a reply-all saying "take me off this distro" 

which is then followed by a second wave of "reply-alls"

telling people to please stop hitting "reply all"

I find that recall feature on Outlook to be funny. Oops! Sent to everyone? Recall it. It still shows up, but with a line striked through it. It is not invisible.  Dorks. It just makes the whole thing more noticeable.