I worked late Tuesday night, but decided to take a break so that I could go to dinner with Crazy Tony and Maria. I ended up drinking more than I thought I would (martinis, no less), but knew that I needed to come back to the office to send some urgent e-mails to Hong Kong. If they didn’t get the e-mails overnight, the issues would have had to wait another day. Of course, everything here is extremely hot, hot. HOT.
I got back to the office around 10:00 and started typing e-mails. But I was having a hard time being coherent (typos, strange sentence structures, etc…you know, the usual–but worse). I got really frustrated with myself and ended up pounding out an ugly, horrible, scathing e-mail…full of fuck-yous and alcohol-induced nonsense. Bad. Really, really awful. It wasn’t directed toward anyone in particular. It was a vent, pure and simple. I just wanted to get it out and then delete it from existence. I did my thing, went home and went straight to bed.
Yesterday morning, I got up super early to prepare for yet another presentation with the president, my boss, and two product managers. I had to finish a report and then make sure all my visuals were ready and presentable. I also checked my e-mail to see how HK had responded to my e-mails from Tuesday night.
I then checked my “sent” folder. I couldn’t figure out who Manuel Pinter was and why I’d sent him an e-mail. So I opened it up, and my heart sank to my feet. I’d sent some guy who works for [my corporation] the fucked-up drunken message!! What the hell? I have no idea how I did that. I didn’t think the note was addressed to anyone, and I don’t even remember hitting the send button.
So I’m shitting my pants trying to figure out if this guy is some executive or something. I had no idea what to do. I’m sure there’s some way to delete an unopened e-mail in someone’s in-box isn’t there? But I have no clue. So I sent the guy another note apologizing profusely for the “joke” e-mail. I told him to please delete it.
I am so mortified and horribly embarrassed. I’ve now talked to my boss and the HR manager here at work so that they know what an idiotic thing I’ve done. My HR manager has asked me to send this guy yet another apologetic e-mail and blind copy him just in case it comes back to bite me in the ass. My boss was so concerned he asked me if everything was okay in my life…I mean, he even went so far as to ask if everything was okay in the “guy” department. Ugh…beyond torturous.
I haven’t heard back from Manuel yet. I looked him up on the company directory. Apparently, he is in a Mexico office or in one of the Mexican plants. I am hoping that he never checks his e-mail or that if he does, he doesn’t understand what the hell I was talking about. I’m praying that he doesn’t find it offensive. I’m praying even harder that he doesn’t find it hilarious.
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