We all like the convenience that smartphones bring into our daily lives, some people even prefer talking to others about their lives but feels free to live in their smart devices be it chatting with friends, or working especially now that we have a lot of remote job that anyone can do at their convenience But let’s be honest on this one, these if you not careful using these gadgets at times it's can cause embarrassment. Some few weeks ago, I experienced something that still makes me cringe. After sending a message it becomes embarrassing if the message was intended for someone else.
It one morning just like any other Mondays, I was on the computer attending to several matters. On one occasion, while trying to reply to a friend’s message at WhatsApp, there was my boss informing me of a due date I had failed to honor.
Disappointed I could not get help out of him, I decided to find a partner to complain to when we share the same problems in our work places.
I opened WhatsApp, entered what I thought was my colleague’s chat, and typed:
Shaking my head in disbelief “This woman is really laying the pretext on me that I orchestrated the error.” They say he always carries a finger-pointer rather than being accountable.”
No second thoughts, I pressed the button that told my text to go out into the world. Moments later, my phone buzzed with a notification from my boss, you know how female bosses behave in my mind I don die 🤣 🤣
My heart sank. I had made a big mistake of sending the rant directly to my boss instead of my colleague! Panic mode kicked in. I quickly deleted the message in hopes that she never saw it. To cover my tracks, I sent a completely unrelated follow-up, That was not intended to be sent and was sent out in error. These are arrival reports for the last week.”
The rest of the day I was waiting for some reply or at least some hint of embarrassment during our meeting. I was expecting her to mention it, but she didn’t, and I wondered whether I had escaped something worse or else he was planning something even worse for me. But up till now I haven't heard her queerly me or asked me something related to that so I believed I'm saved.
This experience taught me three things:
It is also important that before sending the messages you be very careful in identifying the recipient.
Never scream at people through work platforms it’s just too dangerous, a really bad idea at all.
Smartphones may be smart these days, but people must remain smarter.
These small devices are so useful though occasions such as this makes one appreciate the fact that they are not perfect and there is need for one to be very careful. That is how I want to express it the next time I am tempted to complain. With a note much less dangerous
