multitasking is not so easy on the computer

(names have been protected to protect the innocent)

i made a mammoth error on the computer today. i was talking on the phone, and carrying on an msn chat to three people. one chat had two people.

the second chat had one person.

chat one was longer.

i am good enough friends with person two that i can leave the conversation abruptly, and it wasn't like she was being overly attentive to the chat, so after asking, "are you there?" once, i went back to our original topic and summarised before signing off, "i think they should break up". young love is so exciting.

and then i got back to my phone conversation.

an hour or so later i went back to my computer and saw the train wreck that i had left behind me.

person number two was fine except for a very polite WTF by my "he's giving space but showing love/support" ... and a reminder of how emotionally distant he can be.

however i had written on person number one's chat "i think they should break up". not so pleasant for person one to hear. especially since the above lines were counselling of the exact opposite sort.

it is a stupid enough error that happens often enough in the computer age, but how hurtful is it? it has happened to me a couple of times, and it makes me feel very very bad.

it's not like i wanted not to pay attention, i just got confused. i was listening to everyone, but i got overwhelmed for a minute.

so now i get to start with the apologies. and the internet as an excuse is so trite. bla.

today i miss the days when fax machines were the newest coolest forms of communication.

Comments

[JoeInVegas]

Between this and the last post, perhaps you might consider giving up computers.
Oh, wait, then you wouldn't be here.
Never mind.

[Mel]

Oh crap, busted! We have all done stuff like that, sometimes its that rude sexy stuff that a husband should get but a teacher or mother-in-law does.
Sorry darling, don't feel bad, everyone knows what a lovely lass you are.

[Maggs]

Hello sweetheart! Hope all is well. Miss talking to you.

[Dad aka GDad Blake]

I have the same embarrassing experience when I break wind while sending smoke signals.

Love to all....Dad

[Charmaine]

My first experience with the such? I had bought a "racy" item for my husband's birthday off the internet (the type of item where there isn't a return address or company name...) and sent the invoice, by email, by MISTAKE to my husband's SECRETARY!!!!

[Mizasiwa]

i can relate i have been the brunch of a multi chat when a friend smsd me her "but you know how miza gets when you let her donw i have to go to the braai - what a pain!!" instead of another friend...we didnt talk for months!!
Try talking to a teenager who is emersed in a mix it conversation right in front of you, its crazy!!!
Hope it all works out though.
Miza