The advent of email has brought with it unprecedented efficiency in the way we communicate. It has become easier to keep in touch with families and friends; be it through inane forwarded messages, motivational and inspirational articles and powerpoint presentations, chain letters saying that you need to forward the email to exactly 8 (or 10, or 20) persons or else there is bad luck coming, or the claim about instant cash from microsoft/HP and so on
It has also been used for office/professional communication. It is easier to inquire, correct, clarify and validate information through email. It also made committing mistakes easier, lots easier..
Not uncommonly, we hear stories of an associate badmouthing his/her boss. After spewing creatively sinister epithets against his boss, (like, he “is Freddie Krueger, reincarnated”, “thinks like a trained frog/dog/mice” and the likes; itemizing his known physical “challenges” (such as being horizontally or vertically challenged – read : too fat or too short) ; his apparent stupidity at work, etc…
What’s unfortunate is that in your preoccupation to this object of hatred (your boss, in this case), instead of sending to a cohort or sympathizer, you sent it to no less than your BOSS! See, that is what you get when you are so obsessed and bent on getting even.
So be careful...