pmcnamara
News Editor

Wrong Julie

Opinion
Sep 17, 20091 min

Another example of e-mail being fraught with peril

So this morning I sent this link featuring a picture of President Obama wielding a light-saber to my wife, Julie, with no accompanying text and only the subject line: “We have to make sure Max sees this photo.”

Reply read: “I’m not sure who Max is but it sure is a funny photo.”

Oops, I’d sent the e-mail to my colleague Julie Bort instead of to my wife Julie McNamara.

Good thing the e-mail wasn’t a nastigram or a love note.

Oh, and Max is our Star Wars-obsessed 8-year-old who enjoys nothing more than a spirited lightsaber duel; he owns a half-dozen of the model shown in the photo.