Put An End To Drunk Emailing
Emailing under the influence: we’ve all done it. Yes, that includes me and I know for a fact some of you have, too, particularly on Tippling Tuesdays. (Note to Eric: No, I’m not. Note to Stan: DD. Note to Richard: In front. Note to Melissa: Now THAT sounds interesting!)
Like me — and Eric tomorrow — you’ve probably woken up the next morning hoping that somehow the interwebs failed and your message didn’t go through. But, sure enough, it did and there’s no way you can take it back. Oh, sure, you promise yourself you’ll never send an email while drinking again. Maybe you even go so far as to change your computer logon password to some crazy foreign language phrase as a way to stop yourself from doing it, then discover that even in a drunken stupor your fingers retain muscle memory. Sucks, doesn’t it?
But it doesn’t have to thanks to Mail Goggles, a nifty new Gmail feature which, when enabled, requires you to prove your sobriety by solving a series of 5 simple math problems in 45 seconds or less. Can’t do it? Then you’re probably a bit too tipsy to be sending email. (Got that, Eric?)
Unfortunately, by default Mail Goggles is only active late at night on the weekends. If you want it to screen drunken emails on other nights you should probably be sober when you set it up. (Understand, Eric???)
UPDATE: More on tech solutions to prevent drunk dialing, and maybe even drunk-texting, too.
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Hmm, perhaps that could be helpful, but think of the cost. Drunk emailing certainly provides more entertainment than the new tv season.
Now of they’d only come up with something that stopped drunk texting. Why the fuck hasn’t THAT been created yet, hmmm????
I tend to drunk blog. That usually results in tragedy. I’ve made it a rule to stay away from all forms of technology after 3 martinis. If I can remember, anyways.
My question is, what about the mathematically inept?
FlyRices last blog post..Wait, now, what?
I think I’m going to start locking up my cell phone in my safe box before having the first one. Then I’ll drop the key into boiling water. That way, even if I somehow talk myself into thinking drunk texting’s a good idea (which I doubt I ever forget), I’ll still have to wait for the water — and my temper — to cool off.