The situation
You are Priya, a mid-level marketing manager at a company in Bengaluru. It is Monday morning. A former colleague has posted a screenshot of a private WhatsApp message you sent three years ago, in which you made a joke that, stripped of context, reads as dismissive of a colleague's complaint.
"Honestly she complains about everything, just ignore it lol" - Priya, 2022
The post has 200 shares by 9am. Your phone is buzzing. You do not know if your employer has seen it yet. You have four minutes before your team call.