The ever-popular "Reply to all" email function... (Read 1228 times)

As a result of making that same mistake once or twice, and also realizing that my emotional e-mails don't come across too well, I've made it a strict policy NOT to write that kind of e-mail. It's made my life much easier! My dad was an expert witness on a case, and the opposing attorney requested that she be given all the correspondence, including e-mails, from my dad to the lawyer he was working with. The request was granted! The lawyer on my dad's side actually suggested that they withhold some of the e-mails, but Dad said no way. E-mail is a dangerous thing!!

Yes, email is discoverable. Never put anything in writing in any form that has content you don't ever want to see the light of a court room.

Ho boy. What has happened since then?

Suffice it to say, there was immediate "damage control" being done by the sales guy. He was PISSED, big time. My boss actually went to bat for me and went on the offensive when the inevitable call came from the clients' Ex. Dir. He essentially started launching into the "if my guys are getting this fired up over something like this, then what the hell is going on?" approach. Don't be confused, he read me the riot act, twice, over this but completely understands the situation too. He knows how much of a PITA they've been. And he knows I'm right. The client Ex. Dir. knows I'm right too, and we had a conference call where she said as much. It's just the "how" I said it that's causing all the grief, go figure. I'm officially off the project now, btw; which is really a huge win for me! Everyone has that one client they'd just as soon lose b/c of how much of a PITA they are, and this was my one. Well, I managed to off 'em w/out losing my job! I RULE! Gonna cost me some beer though, as I have a sales guy to cool down and an unknowing yet-to-be-determined project manager to laugh at pity. Honestly, this has been one of the strangest days of my career, and not all of it bad. One thing that did make this slightly less damaging is exactly the fact that it HAS happened before, and to some of those who were recipients of the email I sent. So there were a few "been there, done that" softeners that helped a bit. Oh, and my developer, Gunz, keeps IM'ing me and saying things like "LOL"; "You are my HERO" and "RIGHT ON" every five seconds. He is having a field day w/this. I have reached cult hero status w/the development group. Great, I have a bunch of keyboard jockeys high fiving me all day. I'll not lie, it's been fun (save the part where I was pretty sure I was gonna lose my job. My ass is so tight I prolly won't poop for a week!). I'm just happy I can play the hapless dipshit w/such authority. Ah, who am I kidding? It ain't an act! Q

Glad to hear that your boss backed you up, Q. It probably didn't hurt that your email was hilarious.

It probably didn't hurt that your email was hilarious.

Indeed. Unlike a fart in the wind, your legend will only continue to grow.

I'm just happy I can play the hapless dipshit w/such authority. Ah, who am I kidding? It ain't an act! Q

I knew there was a reason I liked you--birds of a feather, and all. Friday's comin'...I'll bet this week already seems way too long where you sit, huh?

And I find myself singing..."farts in the wind...all we are is farts in the wind..."

Heh. Total honesty requires me to admit that I stole the line from "Shawshank Redemption". The warden scene where he starts to go batty in Andy's cell after Andy "...up and vanished like a fart in the wind." And yeah, I wish the weekend would roll around. SOON. I prolly should sign up for 5/3 this weekend. Might pop a fast time just thinking about how lucky my dumb ass got this week!

Yeah, or did I miss em?

No, you didn't miss 'em but they're pretty inocuous relative to the discussion at hand. Also, I'm not sure they'd make much sense, but here you go (modified to protect the assholes innocent): 1) RE: “Create new report and query as described in the ‘CXXXXX BXXXXXX Report’ Tab” a. For this item I need to know what do you want me to use as linking fields for the "Percent of Active Counselors Participating in RXXXXXX Training" column. Are we using the SiteID, Region and County of the OXXXXX to which the user is linked? Are we using the SiteID, Region and County of the training? Or are we using the SiteID, Region and County of the cXXXXX form or QC form which they submitted? 2) RE: “Create new query as described in the ‘XXXX CXXX DXXXX Query’” a. Do they really want second contact date information on the query results? This will create duplicate rows of information. One for the first contact, and then a second row for the second contact. 3) RE: issue w/the XXXX Resource Report Form – Section 4; Item e. a. Can we an example of what is incorrect? The logic for the data field matches what is requested on the SOW.