Just caught(?) my boss!

[ksoehrlein]

My boss just sent me an e-mail that was most definitely NOT meant for me. It was a reply (in a long thread of flirtatious e-mails) to someone else with my first name. He was using a Blackberry, so I guess that's why he "replied" to me instead of her.

I'm a little creeped out. It might be relatively harmless, talk-only flirtation that could be taken way out of context -- and I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt -- but I'm a bit grossed out nonetheless. He's married with 2 kids. Don't know if I can respect him after this.

Anyway, I had to vent, but not to anyone at work!

Ever have something similar happen to you?

 

[BelleMcNally]

Well, not exactly...but I did walk in on two people who were...strenuously engaged...in the copy room once...I'm pretty sure I totally lost my composure and screamed "Ohmygosh, ewwww!" like a second-grader.

 

[ilovepcot]

Yeah, I answered the phone at the nurses station once and a doctor *obviously* got me confused with another nurse. Sadly, he didn't realize it until he'd spilled his guts!

 

[Free4Life11]

Hold on to this! Make copies! ::rubs hands together:: You never know when it might come in handy.

 

[vettechick99]

ooooooh, now that is some dirt! Want a raise? A company car? Two extra weeks vacation?

 

[AllyandJack]

Ugh....that's rough. What if he figures out what he did? Play dumb. E-mail? What e-mail?

We had something creepy happen at one of the firms where I worked. One of the partners was getting a new computer. So, they gave his computer to the receptionist to replace her old one. She goes online and discovers that there were dozens of porn sites saved on there. I was a paralegal at the time. By the end of the day, there were about 3 paralegals, 4 secretaries, and the receptionist clued into it. Everytime the partner went into his office and closed the door, we chuckled. When he called from home and asked one of us to use his computer to retrieve a phone number from his address book, nobody wanted to touch his keyboard.

It's difficult to look at someone the same way when you get that sort of peek into their personal life.

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

I have to review other people's e-mails as part of my job. Once I found one for someone that sits very close to me. It was about a 6 hour "conversation". Let's just say I'll never look at creamsicles the same way again.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

I once wrote an email to my mother complaining about my MIL...and accidentally sent it to my DH. Oops! At least, since it was only supposed to go to my mother, my language was relatively tame.

Hold on to this! Make copies! ::rubs hands together:: You never know when it might come in handy.

Heehee...remember the blue dress.

 

[AllyandJack]

I have to review other people's e-mails as part of my job. Once I found one for someone that sits very close to me. It was about a 6 hour "conversation". Let's just say I'll never look at creamsicles the same way again.

HA! I had to review e-mails for a company we were representing. This guy was big in certain tactics frowned upon by the government. I had to read a series of e-mails about him making cookies for his girlfriend.....and blabbing to his friends about his "secret ingredient" and wondering if he should tell her about it.

What the heck is wrong with people?!?!

 

[ksoehrlein]

Ugh....that's rough. What if he figures out what he did? Play dumb. E-mail? What e-mail?

Well, I told him. Sent a new e-mail -- NOT a reply to the original -- letting him know he had the wrong person. So we can both pretend I didn't read past the first sentence.

By the way, he did already approve my Christmas vacation -- during our busy time of year. Maybe I can extend it by a few days...

 

[pearlieq]

I had to read a series of e-mails about him making cookies for his girlfriend.....and blabbing to his friends about his "secret ingredient" and wondering if he should tell her about it.

Oh EWWWWWWWWWWWW! What kind of sick, depraved person not only DOES that, but then TELLS someone about it. Ew, ew, ew!!!

I don't envy DH--he has to read emails and check computers all the time and every time he thinks he's seen it all...

I used to work for a guy who kind of lived at the office--mostly to escape the wife & kids, if I had to guess. Once I was looking around for more business checks to pay the bills (I swear!) I ran into his stash of dirty magazines. I had to say, that was a mity interesting find for a curious teenager! Of course I never breathed a word about it to him!

 

[salmoneous]

Hmmm, you note is just a little too vaugue. I think you need to post the email here so we can understand the exact situation

 

[mainewmn]

I once meant to call DH on his cell phone and in my best sexy voice had this dialogue:

Me: hey hot stuff, I so enjoyed last night, want to go out for lunch and have a rerun of last night?
Answer: ahhha, sure sounds good but you will need to tell me your name first.

I accidentally misdialed DH’s phone number and didn’t realize it till I heard the voice. Good thing the guy on the other end was laughing all though the time I keep apologizing to him for it.

 

[ksoehrlein]

Final update: My boss and I talked about it -- talk about an uncomfortable conversation! His cover story, which I buy about 85% of, is that he and the other woman have recurring contests to see who gets most embarrassed by their e-mail thread. He told her what he accidentally did, which means she won that round. (Although she's probably a little embarrassed too, I'd imagine.)

Thanks, everyone, for being there for me while I quietly freaked out about this!

 

[sajetto]

I once meant to call DH on his cell phone and in my best sexy voice had this dialogue:

Me: hey hot stuff, I so enjoyed last night, want to go out for lunch and have a rerun of last night?
Answer: ahhha, sure sounds good but you will need to tell me your name first.

I accidentally misdialed DH’s phone number and didn’t realize it till I heard the voice. Good thing the guy on the other end was laughing all though the time I keep apologizing to him for it.

OMG! I think I'd crawl under a rock if that happended to me

I did something not quite as bad a couple of months ago. I called my DF's office. Most of the time he's the only one in there and he has steel reinforced doors so he talks on speakerphone a lot because it's not like anyone outside the door can hear him. Well, we're having a conversation about a house we had put an offer on and then I ask him when he's coming home. When he says an hour early I say "Good! Does that mean we can have a repeat of the night before last?" All of the sudden his coworker Angie goes "Ewwwwwwwwwwwww! I'm leaving!" I hear the door slam and say "Oooops, why didn't you say Angie was there?" Thank God I know her well and she's not a gossip

 

[Poohgirl]

Yup! Had to do some work on my boss's computer and found out that he has frequent needs to lets say request "dates" through an escort service... I just let that one go... Years ago though I found a file (in my "new" office)with stacks of letters, mortage info, bank info, etc seems that he was leading a double life and had gotten engaged to another woman (while already married 15 years) they had bought a condo together the works! Well everything blew up in his face when his fiance's mother called his mother to get a list of people to invite to the wedding shower! ok so maybe I shouldn't have read it...But it was in my office and it was good stuff!!

 

[RitaZ.]

His cover story, which I buy about 85% of, is that he and the other woman have recurring contests to see who gets most embarrassed by their e-mail thread.

Recurring contests???? Sure, I guess you could call it that.

I just wanted to add that if I found out that my husband was having "recurring contests" with a female, other than me, his Blackberry, as well as other "berries", would be destroyed beyond recognition!

 

[Free4Life11]

he and the other woman have recurring contests to see who gets most embarrassed by their e-mail thread. He told her what he accidentally did, which means she won that round. (Although she's probably a little embarrassed too, I'd imagine.)

Thanks, everyone, for being there for me while I quietly freaked out about this!

Riiiiiight! Well he gets points for creativity...

 

[mickeysgal]

Recurring contests???? Sure, I guess you could call it that.

I just wanted to add that if I found out that my husband was having "recurring contests" with a female, other than me, his Blackberry, as well as other "berries", would be destroyed beyond recognition!

Don't you love it when you find someone can't even lie effectively? Recurring contest?? Yeah, right.

 

[pirateofthecarolinas]

Well, I think you can safely say that you have job security!

Lori