The email was meant for my office buddy, my gossip gal pal, and, yes, I should’ve kept the conversation limited to private text messages. But in a moment of carelessness, I sent an email intended for my office buddy with a little scuttlebutt about a coworker I consider intolerable … to the coworker I was gossiping about! Maybe it was a Freudian slip. Maybe I wanted you to know I can’t stand you. Maybe I typed in your name in the “send” box because I had your name on my mind. I don’t know what to make of it. All I know is I was mortified the second you stood up just a few cubicles away and said, “Ouch” in front of the whole office. I left for lunch and didn’t come back for the rest of the afternoon. And the next day, I called in sick from embarrassment. I’m such an ass. Should I find a new job or make amends?
I Saw You is an anonymous “man on the street” column. Email your rants and raves about co-workers or any badly behaving citizens to [email protected], or send to 380 S. First St, San Jose, 95113. Submissions should stick to about 100 words.
