One night, I met up with an ex. I explained the situation to her and she vehemently encouraged me to ask Sarah out THE VERY NEXT DAY. I promised I would. And so the next morning, I went to work, bolstered by this endorsement. After all, what's the worst that could happen? 3/14 - ThreadSky

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muzzarobbo.bsky.social • 139 days ago

One night, I met up with an ex. I explained the situation to her and she vehemently encouraged me to ask Sarah out THE VERY NEXT DAY. I promised I would. And so the next morning, I went to work, bolstered by this endorsement. After all, what's the worst that could happen? 3/14

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muzzarobbo.bsky.social•139 days ago

In the meantime, I'd received an email from my friend Bobby about how he'd ended up in an excruciating predicament thanks to our mutual friend Caspar. That's a good story too, but it's not mine to tell. 4/14

muzzarobbo.bsky.social•139 days ago

I replied to Bobby's email: "Dear Bob, I'll have a go at Caspar when I see him later. I'm going to ask out Sarah today." And then I clicked 'send'. 5/14

muzzarobbo.bsky.social•139 days ago

However, back then, email was still relatively new. It was cumbersome, and even something as simple as sending a message to multiple email addresses was surprisingly hard. 6/14

muzzarobbo.bsky.social•139 days ago

Because of my job, I often needed to bulk email everyone in my office, so I'd established a workaround: an icon on my email client that I could double-click to send any message I was working on to everyone in the company. No prizes now for guessing where this is heading. 7/14

muzzarobbo.bsky.social•139 days ago

I mistakenly double-clicked this icon rather than replying to Bobby, and my email instantly went to everyone in the company (about 75 people). I immediately knew what I'd done and I can clearly remember the feeling of abject horror and the rush of blood from my head. 8/14

muzzarobbo.bsky.social•139 days ago

My first thought was to pull out the Ethernet cable from the back of my PC. Obviously, it was too late for that; could I somehow shut down the office server? I was desperate for a way out but I knew I had nothing left. So I casually stood up and slowly walked out the office. 9/14

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