One wrong email to the wrong person (or an
accidental reply-all) in the morning can make you wallow in misery for the rest
of the day. While many in the corporate world consider communicating through
emails a better way to express one's thoughts, in the heat of the moment, a
misjudged missive could ruin everything. The horror of sending embarrassing
emails can not only wreck your peace of mind, but also land you in awkward
situations among colleagues or may even win you a pink slip, if things turn
abysmal. In an attempt to fence the unfurling of such cringe-worthy tales, a
popular email provider has introduced the `undo send' button that allows a
`rethinking-period' of up to 30 seconds, when you can quickly pull back an awry
email riddled with typos or pun-intended (perhaps, entertaining) notes after
you have dis patched prematurely.
Speaking
about email etiquette that needs to be followed, Sudhir Udayakanth, president
and CEO of a soft skills training academy in the city, says, “While it is
important to acknowledge an email immediately , one should reply to it only
when in the right frame of mind. Polite words should be used in an email, as
these notes are saved digitally .Using all-caps is akin to shouting and is a
bad form of emphasis. The recipients' IDs should be entered only after the
email is drafted properly. It is pertinent to re-read an email before hitting
the send button.“
Could such remorse
affect your psyche? “The pressure of meeting deadlines and fulfilling
responsibilities at the , workplace always leaves room t for mistakes. The
lingering e regret of sending wrong emails could be too trivial a l cause to
trigger a serious psychological issue,
unless there t is a ghastly error in the texts.
Many a time, such mistakes s happen if a person is already. Too stressed
out or emotionally disturbed. While it is important to stay alert s while communicating
“online, it is also advisable to refrain from responding to emails after office
hours,“ explains psychotherapist Tasneem Nakhoda.
APPS THAT HELP YOU UN-TEXT
On Second
Thought: This app allows users to pull back their messages, ahead of those
being delivered to the intended person, through an option called `recall
message'.
Strings: The
messages can be immediately and permanently deleted from phones and servers,
but both the sender and recipient should have this app installed in their
devices.
Ansa: This
app can automatically delete messages, photos and videos from the recipient's
device before they are viewed, or within seconds of it being seen.
Cyber Dust:
This app wipes out messages after they are shared so that the pictures cannot
not be saved in the device.
TigerText:
This app primarily offers a secure real-time messaging system for businesses,
with a remote-wipe option.
Source
| Times of India | 3 July 2015
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