I'm not really the big April Fool's joker. My humor is more situational, the acerbic, ironic, or sarcastic comment on the human condition. But I tried to get into the spirit today by sending fake emails to my coworkers telling them that they'd been enrolled in a new program at work. The joke was supposed to be that each would be joined at the hip with another. Unfortunately, after I'd sent the email (the kind that can't be recalled) I realized that the acronym I'd created for the program could, if not recognized as an acronym, be offensive to some folks. And, since email rarely has any context, I'd just created a situation where I could hurt the feelings of some of my friends.
I'm pretty ashamed of myself for being so stupid. I shouldn't have tried to pull an April Fool's joke in the first place; it's not my bag. I should've reread and contemplated on the message before I sent it. I should've only sent it to the one person who's hardest to offend. I'm embarassed that I didn't think at all, that I just acted impulsively.
Let this be a lesson to me.
