Did something stupid

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On Friday I sent an email slagging off someone and accidentally sent it to the person I was slagging off. Tried to recall - didn't work. It wasn't very serious just saying she was a right nitpicker.

Crapping myself going to work tomorrow.

Rightly so. What an unpleasant thing to do.

Just apologise.

In this situation I'd apologise sheepishly and hope the other person is gracious about it and it blows over. Don't criticise people in writing!

I’ve done this a few times. Sent a text message to the person I’m talking about instead of to 🤦🏼‍♀️ it could have been worse than calling someone a nit picker though. Presumably they are, and it might make them reflect on their annoying habits now 🤷🏼‍♀️

Once I sent a work email to my manager saying that the work solicitor was making me want to jump out of a window (just jokingly, she was making loads of demands). My boss accidentally forwarded it to said solicitor, who responded to me saying sorry you feel this way but I still need XY and Z. I cringed so hard!

Oh dear. And no one believes these things were sent in error when they’re on the receiving end. Is she likely to report you to anyone for anything as a result of it? I imagine her day will be as unpleasant as yours to begin with at least and she’s not expecting it.

Oops. The moral of this story is to never say (or write) anything about anybody that you wouldn't say to their face. But you have. So apologise and hope it blow over.

I only see her a couple of times a week. I don't think she'll report it she's not that type.

That's a shame.

I have been in the receiving end of a mid sent message moaning about me. I didn’t report it as people are entitled to their opinions however I also didn’t do the sender any favours, I remained civil but only did what I needed to as part of my role and nothing extra they requested

Eat the frog. Go see the person and apologise. Don't try to explain it away. Accept it was childish and rude. Clearly you didn't intend to send it but you'll have caused the person hurt and I assume you are genuinely sorry for that.

Did the sender apologise?

I definitely feel like I've let myself down that the receiver will think I'm childish person now.

There are some sanctimonious turds on here tonight.

Try and relax OP, you could have said a lot worse, people will pretend they don’t bitch about others but it’s a human nature thing. It will blow over!

They said they didn’t mean me to see it and felt bad.

I'll apologise when I see her next. There was no need for me to be doing something like that in the first place.