April Fool's Gmail has led to the loss of some users of the service
And not only the work - some users have serious problems. And this is not a joke
April 1, all joking. Whether you like it or not, many people have to deal with April Fool's humor of various qualities on this day. And well, if the joke was a success - they laughed, and parted in a good mood. But it also happens that the joke turns evil.
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The Gmail service today introduced an additional feature that works only on April 1 - the “Send +” button. If you press it, then the recipient of the letter, except for the administration itself, sees a gif with a minion, who throws the microphone. The joke was called "Mic drop". Many users liked this feature, but the same button caused problems for a number of other users. Someone even lost his job because of this prank.
Here is one of the problems that can be called a "terrible mistake."
Here, an employee of a company providing funeral services, accidentally sent a minion in a letter to the man who lost his daughter.
Another user has sent a resume to a potential employer. Of course, he also made a mistake with the button and sent the same minion throwing the microphone. According to him, he no longer waits for a response letter - neither with a positive, nor with a negative answer.
On the Google forum, another victim of the rally writes about job loss. The user sent a minion to his boss, and he considered that this was an allusion to the insignificance of his comments. As a result, the writer lost his employer.
Of course, given the fact that today is April 1, there are doubts about some complaints. But you need to remember that Gmail has 900 million users. The mic drop function was active for 12 hours. Therefore, you can be sure - some users sent a complaint for real incidents.
Google after many complaints removed the function and apologized . “It seems that we have deceived ourselves this year. Because of the bug, the MicDrop function brought more problems than laughter. We apologize. The feature has been disabled. If you still see it, please reload your Gmail page. ”
What else can I add? Nothing.
April 1, all joking. Whether you like it or not, many people have to deal with April Fool's humor of various qualities on this day. And well, if the joke was a success - they laughed, and parted in a good mood. But it also happens that the joke turns evil.
')
The Gmail service today introduced an additional feature that works only on April 1 - the “Send +” button. If you press it, then the recipient of the letter, except for the administration itself, sees a gif with a minion, who throws the microphone. The joke was called "Mic drop". Many users liked this feature, but the same button caused problems for a number of other users. Someone even lost his job because of this prank.
Here is one of the problems that can be called a "terrible mistake."
Here, an employee of a company providing funeral services, accidentally sent a minion in a letter to the man who lost his daughter.
Another user has sent a resume to a potential employer. Of course, he also made a mistake with the button and sent the same minion throwing the microphone. According to him, he no longer waits for a response letter - neither with a positive, nor with a negative answer.
On the Google forum, another victim of the rally writes about job loss. The user sent a minion to his boss, and he considered that this was an allusion to the insignificance of his comments. As a result, the writer lost his employer.
Of course, given the fact that today is April 1, there are doubts about some complaints. But you need to remember that Gmail has 900 million users. The mic drop function was active for 12 hours. Therefore, you can be sure - some users sent a complaint for real incidents.
Google after many complaints removed the function and apologized . “It seems that we have deceived ourselves this year. Because of the bug, the MicDrop function brought more problems than laughter. We apologize. The feature has been disabled. If you still see it, please reload your Gmail page. ”
What else can I add? Nothing.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/392461/
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