Gmail tool to save drunken mailers
We all know about drunken e-mails, right? You know, you go out with the guys (or girls), get back home late after knocking back a few and with a sudden burst of inspiration send off those e-mails that you really, really shouldn’t be sending off. You’re either going to be confessing, breaking up or swearing at your boss (anyone remember the movie ) – and once that send button has been clicked, it’s much too late.
Google has decided to step in to help – and launched – which aims to prevent you from going too far, or at the very least make it very difficult for a drunk person, by presenting them with a series of fairly simple math problems:
Activating the feature is simple enough – simply go to your settings and click on the Labs link, scroll down, and enable Mail Goggles:
Once your account has reloaded – the following section will be added to your mail settings:
By default it’s set to those times where people tend to be a little more vulnerable (or inebriated) – so if you’re a slightly more regular drinker you might want to adjust it a little. There’s a difficulty setting too – just in case you happen to be one of those math geniuses who solve problems in their sleep.
In any case, a useful little tool which will helpfully go a long way in preventing people from shooting themselves in the foot by e-mailing their boss and telling them exactly what they think of him.
October 8, 2008 10:24 am 4 Comments
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By Michael, April 16, 2009 @ 2:44 pm
Wait. All bosses are men? Nice article but the sexism is a bit much.
By Amber, April 16, 2009 @ 3:00 pm
Thanks for the comment Mike.
First off … no sexism intended.
Second … you must be REALLY bored to hunt through the entire article for the one male adjective to manage to pin sexism to it. My assumption, and obviously the assumption of all the other readers that have read it so far (and are not bored), was that I implied both genders.
I fail to see how you could reach the conclusion that ALL bosses are men from that one little word out of an article that has to do with an online application – and is intended to be somewhat humorous at the same time.
I don’t see why I have to pander to the PC crowd anyways – I have better things to worry about.
By Michael, April 16, 2009 @ 3:58 pm
You sound defensive. Don’t use ad hominems to deflect from the issue at hand. I enjoyed your article but was a bit dismayed about the last sentence. Next time you want to slag off the PC crowd, Amber, consider what they have done for us. I am assuming that you are a woman.)
By Amber, April 17, 2009 @ 7:53 am
I don’t think I’m being defensive at all, since I see nothing to defend. I just honestly didn’t think that one word would get anyone up in arms – the possibility never even occurred to me.