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Has this ever happened to you?
I finally got called out for a mistake I've been making. My DH's new gmail account uses his middle initial while his work email address that I used a ton does not. So, I kept sending to his gmail account without the middle initial and never got an error message. Finally the guy in Germany with that email address wrote me a message back saying "Why in the hell are you sending me this"? I would love to be a smartass back but I quickly deleted it and think the lack of a response will be more irritating than starting an intercontinental email battle. I know it's my fault but somehow I just don't feel like apologizing.
Plus, someone from the east side of the state can't seem to fix their phone numbers so they call me randomly for someone else and I'm always polite even when they have challenged me regarding if I stole the phone. This is from over 10 years ago and it still happens every once in awhile. My favorite was on new Year's Eve, I got a voicemail about so and so being stuck on M-59 and blah blah blah cluster-f. Anyways, I'm going to be an American prick and not apologize for my mistake with the email.
Re: Has this ever happened to you?
It happened to me once when I worked at GE; I sent the email to a guy with the format firstname.lastname@work.com that our company used, not realizing there were two Firstname Lastname's at the company and I should've included a number "3" or something at the end...
The wrong Firstname was in England, and was very nice about it. We had a lovely email exchange. But I can't see that happening with Mr. Germany since he sounds PO'd about it already, and then you don't want him knowing your H's email, more or less, and spamming it or something dumb.
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I used to get this chick's email all the time when we were both going to MSU. I knew who she was, so I'd just forward her the emails and leave it at that. Not the same situation as you, but similar.
In your case, I don't think an apology is required. It was an honest mistake. You now know that you've got the address wrong, you can correct it and move on. The guy won't hear from you anymore. Nothing else to say. And I'm sure he's not really expecting much of a response anyway. He probably just wants the random emails to stop. He made his point. Boom. Done. I wouldn't think twice about it or him.
Whoa- that guy totally overreacted. It's not like a phone call in the middle of the night. Emails sent to your account by mistake are the easiest things to either ignore or correct. A simple reply of "wrong guy" would have gotten the message to you and stopped the messages to him.
It would be tempting to just reply with "Drama Queen" Or a really long detailed account of the mistake, how it happened and just how sorry you are. Like 5 paragraphs long. Then he would waste his time actually reading it and that would be an appropriate punishment for him being such a d-bag.
That's potential for a lot of fun, I think.
But if you're not in the mood for that, just letting it go is probably okay.
I sent a coworker a message intended for my husband. They're both named Jim, and I clicked on the wrong contact. I realized it as soon as I sent it, and walked to his office, explained what happened, and watched him delete with me standing there. And then delete the deleted message. I was writing Jim about my pregnancy that wasn't public yet. Oops.
This is a huge fear of mine. Email can be scary.
Tigers, I don't think you needed to apologize. What a strange reaction from that guy though.
Yeah, but if you imagine him saying it with a heavy German accent and a dramatic face, it is pretty hilarious.