April Fools Prank? Not!
UCSD really messed up and it was probably human error multiplied by a computer. Seems that the university is now reviewing what happened when they sent emails out to students saying “Welcome” when actually they were not accepted for admission. Here’s the link for the full story.
All this got me to wondering how many times I’ve not double checked the recipient(s) of an email. It’s just not that hard to get distracted or interrupted. Nothing so serious happened to me as the UCSD embarrassment, but I do know that one time I actually sent a comment about someone back to her instead of the intended recipient. Good thing she was a forgiving soul. My comment wasn’t horrendous. Just needed a little explanation if she ever heard it (or read it.) So I guess the moral of this story is “It’s human to err.” Just don’t do it too often…