how technology f*#%ed me

Excuse my language but it really did a number on me yesterday and I am still reeling. At work we frequently use Instant Messenger to talk with our co-workers in the building. It's obviously a good work tool and it has its merits. Of course, I am human so I also frequently use to it make fun of someone who visits the office or bitch about my boss so my co-worker friend. And, sadly, I do this often and probably way too much.

Yesterday all that backfired. I don't want to go into details but let's just say that I was bitching about someone and it turns out I was bitching to their "face" directly because I had clicked on the wrong IM name. That's right. I was putting down my boss to my boss. I tried to cover it up but I think the "oops" gave it away. He hasn't mentioned it and yet I haven't been fired. Yesterday I think he was smirking at me all day while I talked to him but today is better. Perhaps he has forgotten? I've pinned all of my hopes on the fact that he is a man and, therefore, should forget the whole thing happened in about a day.