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BDS
10-06-2005, 06:51 PM
I just sent out an e-mail to everyone in the company I work for on the research proving efficacy for one of our new products, and about how to discuss it with consumers and retailers.

There, written on the bottom of the document that I sent to everyone, was my advice to Philosopher on opening lines to use on X. "So....you're in 7th grade at Westmoreland?....") How did it get there? I wrote them on the document, pasted them to Freethought Forum, and forgot to erase them.

One time, I did the same thing with a story I was writing. I was writing an article on one of our products, which was to be posted on our web site. On the same document, I was working on a short story. I forgot to erase the short story when I sent the document to our web-master, and both the article and the first half of the short story were posted on our web site.

I actually received several calls from customers, who had read the story, and wanted to know how it ended (I’d never finished it, so I couldn’t tell them).

livius drusus
10-06-2005, 07:08 PM
Oh man... Such a great post to email out to everyone, too.

/me laughs and laughs. :dielaugh:

viscousmemories
10-06-2005, 07:10 PM
:roflmao:

livius drusus
10-06-2005, 07:12 PM
Incidentally, you seem rather sanguine about the wee oversight. I gather that your job is not in any peril?

BDS
10-06-2005, 07:17 PM
No. My job is safe (although my oversight is a little embarrassing). By the way -- I just checked our web site. My story is still there.

livius drusus
10-06-2005, 07:18 PM
:woohoo: Published author! Time to slap that on your resume and run.