These days, we're tethered to our mobile devices. Quite literally sometimes. A lost smart phone could cause million dollar business deals to fall through. I maintain two BlackBerrys myself ; one for work and one for Kent. This constant connectedness with millions of open-ended conversations continuously ongoing can end with user confusion. A slip of the fingertip causes a misspelling and auto correct will fix your careless and lazy digit's faults. Or so you think.
For example, take the below email exchange between me and my boss:
Kent: Your 2:30pm tomorrow has been canceled and your 5pm moved to next week.
*Outlook ping and BB vibrate, nearly simultaneously*
Boss: Gay!!!
Kent (thinking to self): ...what the hell... is this a virtual hate crime? ... From MY BOSS?! I WILL SUE!!!
*ping/vibrate*
Boss: Oops! :) I meant Yay!!!
Perhaps we should all review our HR policies, with special attention paid to these pseudo-Freudian slips.
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