“SEND”

Yes, it’s true, she’d written the ‘poison pen’ e-mail, but she intended to obey the cardinal rule of e-mail: DON’T’ SEND death threats, confessions, flaming attacks, or love letters for complete strangers, until you WAIT for 24 HOURS and carefully consider all of the consequences, all the ramifications.

ALWAYS WAIT 24 HOURS!

She hated her boss—that arrogant mother @#^%#!, and she had the dirt that she knew would ruin his reputation--- with his employer AND with his wife.

Fuming, she sat at her keyboard and tapped out the most scathing expose a former English major could muster, filled with devastating accusations and undeniable evidence.

She knew he would squirm, he would grovel—she relished the imagined red-in-tooth-and-claw image that paraded across her mind’s eye.

Suddenly the phone rang, startled her like an electrocution, and without a thought, she hit “send.”