Do you ever do anything really stupid?

[DiaK]

This morning I was typing up a semi important document for my boss and before I proofed it or even finished it I accidentally hit send.   I tried to see if there was an option to take it back but there isn't!  ARRG I am feeling stupid, I sent a quick email saying sorry, "I accidentally hit sent and you will get the final, "real" version soon."  All I could do was apologize.  Do I tell my boss I did that, or just see if didn't matter and i am thinking too much about it.  There was nothing bad or confidential, and the finished document was sent 20 minutes later.  

[gee4]

Yes you could mention what you did.  Better to hold your hand up quickly and admit a mistake, no matter how big or small.

[Kellie]

A couple years ago I hit "send" to quickly and sent out a un-approved email to about 30 people.  I would fess up and just give a heads up to your boss.  "I sent that letter out early, but did get the final version soon after."  My bet is nothing is said, but better to be safe than sorry later.

[peaches2160]

One tip to avoid this, always fill in the addresses of the recipients after you have proofed the e-mail and are ready to distribute.  I have found this to be extremely helpful especially with customer communications.  Helps to avoid the embarrassment of sending an unfinished document.

[duque]

Yep, that's what I do.

One stupid thing I did the other day was phone an airline company to report problems in downloading a boarding pass .... unfortunately I phoned the wrong company. Thank god I was not in a foul mood and blew them up 

 

[msmarieh]

I put my list of email addresses in the top of the body of my email so it's right there when I am ready to send. The very last thing I do is copy and paste those into the appropriate field.

Everyone has done something like that at some point. It definitely sucks, but the damage is soon forgotten (unless it's a highly sensitive email in which case it might take a little longer).