Here is a
humorous story on the hazards of email
(story not true and no
electrons were mistreated in this message)
As you
are receiving my note by e-mail, it's wise to remember how easily this
wonderful technology can be misused, sometimes unintentionally, with
serious consequences.
Consider
the case of the Illinois man who left the snow-filled streets of
Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a
business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day.
When he reached his hotel, he decided
to send his wife a quick e-mail. Unable to
find the scrap of paper on which he had written her e-mail address, he
did his best to type it in from memory. Unfortunately, he missed
one letter, and his note was directed instead to an elderly
preacher's wife, whose husband had passed away only the day
before.
When the
grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look at the
monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a
dead faint. At the sound, her family rushed into the room
and saw this note on the screen:
Dearest Wife,
Just got checked in.
Everything prepared for
your arrival tomorrow.
PS. Sure is hot down here.
