Gmail Won’t Let You Get Caught Drinking and

Ever heard the expression ‘Don’t Drink and Dial?’ Right. And we all know why that is such sage advice. These days, it’s Don’t Drink and Email. Oh yeah, we’ve all been there. We stumble home after margarita hour has turned into something much different than planned. Yeah so we were only stopping for one or two but hey, those nachos were salty as heck. We get home, decide to check out Gmail before we crash and there it is. The email from the ex, the boss, or even that certain someone who you haven’t really defined things with yet. And so away we go. Clickety clack, don’t go back. And send! We go to bed thinking we are the most brilliant writer on the planet, wake up thinking what have I done? Google knows us very well, and thus has developed a feature to prevent us from emailing through our margarita goggles. It’s appropriately called Mail Goggles. It is a new test feature from the free Gmail service that will prevent you from emailing something you shouldn’t, or something you will regret later. You can use these Mail Goggles on those late weekend nights. How it works is that the feature will force you to solve a few easy math problems before you hit the EVER so big send button. If you are thinking logically, Google presumes you will get the answers right, and will allow you to send your mail should your answers be correct. And well, if you are having problems with your twelve times tables, perhaps you can thank Google in the morning for not letting you send that email after all. Sound frustrating? Probably. Who wants to do MATH when they are two sheets to the wind?? BUT. Yes, the but. Who wants to have THAT conversation with your boss come Monday morning when you have gone a little too free with those clickety clack typing lips. That’s right. Clickety clack, don’t go back. Till now. If you use Gmail, set up Mail Goggles now. If you know you are vulnerable to this social error, set up Mail Goggles now. We all have emotionally vulnerable times when we send emails we shouldn’t. Sometimes its when we are drunk, sometimes it’s right after Greys Anatomy. If you have the weaknesses, run don’t walk to Gmail this second.