Random Pips

I apparently sent an e-mail today at work to the entire department instead of to just the branch I’m in. Okay, so it was a careless mistake. But generally, if you receive an e-mail in your inbox that doesn’t seem to relate to you whatsoever, it doesn’t take a lot of brain cells to come to the conclusion that (a) it’s spam or (b) it was sent by accident. I sent the email with my work account so it would have been quite safe to rule out (a). The in-your-face conclusion you should arrive at is that I sent it by accident.

This is the cue for you to hit the “Delete” button. Or if you want to be on the safe side, just send me a quick friendly e-mail to see if I had meant to send it to you. That’s it. Simple as that. The point I’m trying to make is that there is no need to send a snotty little reply to what was obviously an honest mistake. You wouldn’t believe some of the sudden flurry of responses I immediately got after I hit the “Send” button.

I did receive some courteous check-up e-mails that I appreciate. But what really appalled me was the scathing responses I received from some people. So there’s an extra random message that’s taking up a whopping 3 KB of the Inbox space. Big fucking deal. Just delete it then if it upsets your vibe so much.

However, if you’re actually going to take the time to reply to my accidental e-mail, please strip away your smart-aleck attitude and shove it up your hiney. I don’t need you to command me to never send this e-mail to the entire department again. I also definitely do not need your oh-look-how-much-higher-my-IQ-is-than-yours tone. And neither do you. Because pointing out the obvious doesn’t make you appear smart at all. In fact, you’re really lowering your public image since you just wasted several precious minutes of your life telling someone about your discovery of something that everyone already knew about.

Seriously, I am amazed at how many people neglect to use their brains to analyze situations before letting words spill out of their mouths or fingers. I’m also amazed at how uptight some people can be. You’d think I had sent an e-mail threatening to throttle their beloved little Fluffy and feed its carcass to their children, judging from the nastiness of some of the replies I got.

I have two words for those people who sent me those lovely responses: chill out. And because I’m feeling so generous today, I’d like to present them with three other words: use your brain.

That is all. May their inboxes bulge with an inundation of evil spam.