Sunday, November 8, 2009

Johnson School Sex Scandal

One of the problems with email is that it's incredibly easy to make mistakes. We all forget to attach files sometimes (Gmail actually has an add-on which helps you remember), or send emails to the wrong person. This second problem is especially common at Cornell, since email addresses are so similar. The NetIDs abc123, abc132, and acb123 might belong to three different people.

But no mistake I've ever made can compare to the purported sex scandal in the Johnson School. If we are to believe this email exchange, which has since made it to IvyGate, it seems like two Johnson School employees were engaging in some email sex banter on Friday when the male accidentally sent a response to a Johnson School list-serv. Problem is, both employees are married.

Moral of the story: if you're going to send these types of emails, or even text messages, be very careful about who has access to the messages. And above all, make sure you're sending them to the right person!

1 comment:

  1. one more lesson, never use email address that for work related use only. i also encountered mistake like that. but it was just a personal message for may friend and happen to send on my manager.

    ReplyDelete