September 9, 2010

When is a Joke Not a Joke?

A site visitor writes: I hit "reply" to an email in which I should have "forwarded" to another individual. The reply wasn't negative in connotation but it did refer to the sender in a joking manner (to me, anyway) as a "damn Yankee". I realized immediately that I did not hit "forward" as intended but "reply". How do I apologize to this person? … [Read more...]