I recently read an article where an unflattering comment was made in an email about the judge in a legal proceeding. Unfortunately, the email was inadvertently sent to the judge in question and created an embarrassing and possibly improper legal situation.
I remember my parents and grandparents telling me, “Be careful what you say, because once you’ve said it, the damage is done.” And they were right. Once you say something, you can’t take back your words.
Today, email and texting are our ways of communicating, but that doesn’t change the truth of what my parents told me. Everyone does multi-tasking and because we are doing things so quickly, we can hit the send button, and inadvertently deliver a message to the wrong person. A little error like that could create a big mess by giving that person the wrong information or information they should not have. It could be a privacy issue where you are disclosing someone’s personal information.
