A.S.S.U.M.E; We all Know What it Stands For ...

[kittytech]

Okay, so a bit of vague background. A company that Bruce and I both beta test for is testing a new listserv package. The testing started Wednesday afternoon and concluded yesterday. Bruce, as some of you who are on his friends page may have noticed, has a keyboard with a rather defective spacebar and it's been causing all sorts of weird things to show up all over the place.

So, yesterday morning, I read a message from Bruce that he'd sent to the list. I forwarded it to him at work and replied because I didn't want my reply to go to the entire list. A few minutes later I saw a message from him where he was apologizing for the keyboard problem and giving assurances that a new keyboard at work was in the works. I replied to the message, making the assumption that the reply would go directly to him. I said some things that just weren't meant for the listening ears of others, (although I didn't say anything that could come back to bite me later. A few minutes later I was looking at some emails on my work machine, and that address is also subscribed to this list. I was shocked to see my message that I'd sent to Bruce show up in my list of unread messages. It kind of stopped me for a second. I immediately replied to my own message with an apology, but it didn't change the fact that I wanted to crawl into a hole and bury myself. I guess that little mistake will teach me to watch more closely the To field so that I know where my messages are going. It was definitely a "duh" moment!

Comments

[jenandbronze.livejournal.com]

I have done that too, so don't feel too bad, as long as you didn't share secrets, and didn't let the cat out of the bag with some wild secret, you should be safe. I've done the "duh" moments too, despite double-checking, I never quite understood how it got there...

Computers have a mind of its own sometimes.. Hey, that's it! That's probably what the problem was LOL!

Just kiddin'!

[unsilenceddream.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, I've done that at least once, too. I would venture to say that all or many of us have, actually. It's taught me to be sure of who the "to" field says the message is going to for sure.
Take care.