Forwarded this to HR.
I watched 30 seconds, cringed at my past self, and decided to delete the whole folder. Except… I didn't. Monday morning, 9:00 AM. I’m on a Slack huddle with my boss, Janet . Janet is 58. Janet collects porcelain thimbles. Janet sends "Good Morning Sunshine" GIFs in the team channel. We are reviewing a massive client deck that needs to go out by noon. MyFamilyPies 21 11 30 Sybil I Accidentally Sent...
Subject: "Re: Here are the Q3 assets" Body: "Is this a joke?" Forwarded this to HR
But here’s the devil. Windows 11 has this delightful new feature where the "Recent Items" list is the first thing you see. And right there, at the top of the list, freshly highlighted from my cringe-watch the night before, was: Monday morning, 9:00 AM
"Sent to: Janet Reynolds" Subject: "Here are the Q3 assets" Body: "Let me know if these work!"
Then Janet replied.
I open my file explorer. I click on the external drive. My brain goes on autopilot. I right-click the "Q3_Assets" folder, hit "Compress," and drag it into Outlook.