I wrote the beginning of a love story with my bf. It didn't have any salacious details, but it was suggestive, involving a priest and a confessor. (I didn't get to any gross parts though). I accidentally e-mailed it to my supervisor at work (I am a grad student and TA). I e-mailed her a couple hours later after I realized the mistake and said, "I accidentally sent you an e-mail that was intended for someone else. Please disregard it." But I am so worried about what will happen if she reads it. I'm afraid she's gonna think I'm a horrible **** or something. Is there anything else I can do for damage control? Do you think I would get fired/kicked out of school? Otherwise I've been a decent student and a relatively good, helpful employee. Please help me, I'm freaking out here!
2007-03-29 14:29:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Our names were in the manuscript, so I don't see how I could try to pass it off as something for someone else.
2007-03-29 14:41:10 · update #1
Tell them you were proof reading a story someone wrote for their "alternative literature" class, and that you meant to send it back to them, you accidently forwarded it off to your boss. The worst they can say is that you were doing it on company time.
2007-03-29 14:33:51 · answer #1 · answered by Putter B 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What happened, happened. Don't make yourself sick worrying about what might happen. If she brings it up, tell her it is a fictional story that you and your boyfriend were writing. It's very unlikely that you would get kicked out of school. Whether you get fired depends on if there are rules about using the school computers/email for personal use. If there are, there is a chance you could be fired, but if not, then you probably won't. It depends partly on your supervisor and her attitude toward things like that.
2007-03-29 21:38:35 · answer #2 · answered by Brian G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh, hey, very uncomfortable.
I have done this, only I sent a completed love story to my husband's "small town" bank for my car payment and I sent my husband (who was out to sea) our car payment... that was tough.
I waited. Eventually, the letter came back from the bank. It had been crumpled, ripped into many pieces, taped back together and then sent back to me...I thought, "My God, it ran the entire gauntlet of people at the bank!" It sucked and I was horrified.
The moral of that story is it was 22 years ago, and I'm still alive! lol.... Doing stupid things is our way of learning. I sure learned to pay more attention.
Having said that, I will agree that if your supervisor has any class she won't even mention it...to you anyway ;-)
Good for you and your creativity/imagination, don't ever stop, just be more careful :) *wink*
2007-03-29 21:47:31 · answer #3 · answered by Sweet Candy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You won't get kicked out of school, no chance of that. Relax, you just need to go face to face and apologize. Your supervisor should probably think it is a bit funny, but to be a professional, you really have to go face to face. Sure, it is difficult, but it was an honest mistake that basically didn't hurt anybody.
2007-03-29 21:39:27 · answer #4 · answered by Iamstitch2U 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignore it and pretend it never happened. It will probably just blow over. It is best to avoid using the computers at work to send personal e-mails.
2007-03-29 21:38:31 · answer #5 · answered by amadeus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not.... if she's a half way decent prof , she 'll probably won't even mention it again.
It happens to everyone, who uses the net.
Don't you mention it unless she does. And if she does, just say it was a little creative writing in your spare time.
2007-03-29 21:40:23 · answer #6 · answered by Lizzy-tish 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If she uses e-mail, she uses the Internet. Send her another e-mail that simply says "I'm really sorry," and include a link to your question here. Unless she is really a cold-hearted witch, she'll understand.
2007-03-29 21:40:03 · answer #7 · answered by Ana Thema 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you typed the email with Microsoft Outlook, go to your sent file, open the sent email, go to tools, select recall, and recall the message, Hopefully it will be deleted before she can read it.
2007-03-29 21:34:50 · answer #8 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
that is not the worst mistake you could have made at work there are many many other things you could do at work that are worse then that. try talking to her in person and apologizing.
2007-03-29 21:35:49 · answer #9 · answered by pooh 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tell her the truth. If the content embarass you, perhaps you should not be be writing such material.
2007-03-29 21:37:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋