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An overwhelmed female employee wearing a pair of glasses puts her head in her hands at her desk.
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[Today I messed up] by accidentally emailing my entire company a very detailed grocery list (and worse)
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An overwhelmed female employee sits at her desk with a despondent look on her face.
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An overwhelmed female employee wearing glasses sits at her desk with a despondent look on her face.
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This employee has a few options with regard to how she should proceed. Since IT was unable to recall the email after too many employees opened it, one option she has is to send a quick and easy apology. The more she dwells on what happened, the more likely it will become a defining thing about her in the workplace.
Another option, which is what I would do if I were in her situation, would be to double down on the humor. If she throws in a witty, self-deprecating barb into her apology, she is far more likely to charm more folks at the company than she would if she took herself too seriously in the aftermath. Who knows? Perhaps even the CEO will take notice of her sense of humor.
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An iPad open to an email inbox containing 38 unread messages.
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