I'm sure I won't tell it as the story deserves to be told...
Work has been stressful lately, not the least of which has been because of backbiting, inter-branch sniping and accusations of cheating (a la 'anonymous tipster' style, which is pissing me off) in a sales contest. So, after talking with my manager, who then spoke to a director in my company, we got permission to do random audits, and carefully crafted an email giving the branches more time to find any corrections, warning them of the potential audit, etc. At that point everything died down, whether it was because some were calmed by knowing a branch wouldn't be getting away with cheating, or perhaps because they didn't want to attract attention to themselves. There were also a number of other things going on, none of which are a point to the story, but by yesterday, the plot was as thick as cement.
A few hours later, when we least expected it, my boss, the author of the warning email, received a reply:
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Frank*,
Dead last means you don't have to worry about audits...
LOL
Bill
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to which my boss replied
Quote:
Bill,
Hmmm... we'll have to look into this...
Signed,
MyBoss
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We giggled... He flustered and responded back explaining how he meant to hit forward and was so, so sorry. Only mildly funny, yes, but we'd just got finished talking about another unintended email this morning with another co-worker, who basically got called a b*tch by someone who meant to forward it on instead of reply.
*Names changed to protect the stupid, and because I can't remember...