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Write these kinds of rants. Get your anger and frustration on paper. Then, throw it out. Revisit your thoughts later. Repeat until your thoughts are coherent an

• ryan-allen 15y ago
  I agree. I read somewhere years ago (in my early 20s) about how Abe Lincoln wrote a disappointed letter to a General when he failed to continue fighting to win a battle (they had been fighting for days on end and were exhausted). That may or may not be accurate but the point of it was he was upset, took it out on someone and then did not send the letter, and the advice was to take things like this and put them in your drafts and sleep on it. This may have been in the book "How to Win Friends and Influence People". Effective immediately, I started refraining from sending annoyed or angry emails. I'd file them in drafts and sleep on it. I can't recall ever sending an email of this sort since. In hindsight there was always a better and more effective way to deal with the situation. I think some people just love the sound of their own voice (and the sight of their own words) that they feel compelled to 'ship' after they've produced something like this. Some things just shouldn't ever be sent. I think he'll regret doing this this in time. I certainly would.