FAIL

Dear Microsoft,

Approximately seven minutes ago, out of the blue, you shut down my online grade book session and systematically denied all further attempts to restore my work.

You will notice that I have selected the option, "Don't send error report," because I don't want to send an error report, I want you to FIX THE ERROR. True, this is not the first time your substandard programming has vaporized my data, but it is the most inconvenient by far. I was in the process of posting 9 weeks grades, which I have been procrastinating doing for several days because computer spreadsheets are horrible, and all of a sudden, they're gone.

I'm not the kind of person to get all up in arms about a totally manageable problem; no, I refreshed my browser, exited out, and then restarted the computer when all that didn't work. And then I tried five more times, just to be sure. Because I'm thorough.

You are completely responsible for my breakdown in productivity tonight, and for any future penalties I may incur because I got behind.

And you know what else? Next time I am going to send an error report. I'm going to send like 500 of them, as a matter of fact. And they're going to be in IM speak or Wingdings or something totally pointless, if that's possible. And then I'm going to send a chain email to all of my contacts telling THEM to send error reports, and then I'll feel better. Thank you.