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Tell me your work email disasters - make me feel better.

127 replies

Craicademic · 28/04/2023 16:57

I just signed off an email to a group of about 15 people - including three members of my senior management team - with "Enjoy weekend head".

Fuck.

When I realised my mistake, I just ran away and closed my emails down for the weekend. I'm now drinking wine.

I keep going all hot when I remember my mistake.

Please make me feel better.

OP posts:
Mostar · 28/04/2023 20:46

I suppose societal norms change over time, so for example what was considered proper manners in Victorian times now seems laughably quaint to us. Perhaps in 50 years from now it will be customary to sign off all formal correspondence with best wishes for a good hard rogering.

Or whatever it is we'll be using instead of email 50 years from now.

Enjoy your weekend head Wink
M

Frances24 · 28/04/2023 20:48

In an old job I was covering for my manager when another member of my team sent an offensive meme to a client instead a coworker and I had to deal with the absolute sh*tshow that followed 😫

Job before that someone replied all to a company wide email (going to thousands) and then everyone started replying all asking to be taking off the email. It completely snowballed and took down the server 🤣

Fireyflies · 28/04/2023 20:52

Gintow · 28/04/2023 20:32

In a building that was changing to mixed ownership - 2,000

Please ensure pubic areas are tidy and you keep things confidential.

I once gave a presentation to some prospective funders about Use of Pubic Space..... Wish I could remove that bloody word from the Microsoft dictionary! (And no, I didn't get the funding)

teezletangler · 28/04/2023 20:54

I have laughed so hard at these.

I think "Emulsions" is an excellent sign off greeting 😂

Cattenberg · 28/04/2023 20:58

I was tickled by the guy who tried to email a colleague who was also a close friend, saying he “fancied getting twatted on Class A’s at the weekend”, and asking his friend if he was up for it.

He received a polite reply from a colleague he barely knew, saying that she didn’t think it would be her kind of evening, but she hoped he would have a good time.

Fizzadora · 28/04/2023 20:59

Not me but my boss sent an email to the senior leadership team outlining how she was intending to manage out a member of staff.
She copied in the whole department.
I believe he got a very nice severance payment and she got no bonuses for a good few years.

JanetandRita · 28/04/2023 21:02

Worked at an education charity. Sent an email giving full information about the difference between frogs and toads to enquiries person to reply to a query there had come through from a customer. Accidentally sent it to a mailing list of all customer service employees (30 people) instead of the 1 person who needed it. Received many replies from people laughing and thanking me for the fascinating insight to amphibians.

Ladywillpower · 28/04/2023 21:02

A friend of mine who is a part time singer but also lectures at a local FE college was texted by someone he had been recommended to to ask if he could sing at their wedding.
He replied that unfortunately he would not be able to as he had a thong (meant to write thing) on in the college. He never heard from them again!

soupmaker · 28/04/2023 21:04

Once sent an email to very senior colleagues and a Minister, with Matters Arsing as the subject line.

My very senior boss couldn't breathe for laughing and took the piss mercilessly for weeks.

Bridgingthefeckingmassivegap · 28/04/2023 21:07

My first HR job, sent out a job advert to the full company looking for a new "dock clerk" ...except I typed C instead of D 😳... lots of applications for that role, everyone taking the piss, but my boss hadn't seen it or worked it out, so genuinely gave me praise at a meeting for getting a high number of applicants!

I felt a bit better a few months later when a senior manager sent me an email to check holidays, except she kept a previous trail of messages between her and her lover in the email chain, talking about the dirty weekend they were going to have and about 20 emails back and forth going into great detail!

RenoDakota · 28/04/2023 21:08

QforCucumber · 28/04/2023 20:39

I managed to mash together ‘don’t hesitate to contact me’ and ‘please do get in touch’

so it turned into an email signed off with ‘if you have any queries please don’t get in touch’

I thought you were going to say 'please don't hesitate to touch me'.

LadyLolaRuben · 28/04/2023 21:09

Having a go using professional terminology at a bunch of idiots via email. Ended the email with a short "regards".

My nail must have caught the letter above the "G" button on the keyboard. I'd accidently hit "T". So the sign off was "Retards".

To be fair it was an accurate conclusion!

dingit · 28/04/2023 21:12

Dh sent one to a young lady called Bobby. It read dear Booby. He was mortified

Coffeetree · 28/04/2023 21:12

MargaretThursday · 28/04/2023 18:26

One I did early in a job:
I was sending a formal invite out to around 100 people.
I'd got it all composed, then the caretaker came and asked (ordering paint) how to spell "emulsion". I can't spell out loud so I typed it at the bottom of the invite... and then sent it out.
So it said something along the lines:
"Please find attached the invitation to our fundraising ball on the 3rd of December.
Emulsions,
Margaret"

One person asked if it was a secret password, but everyone else ignored it. It still makes me chuckle when I remember.

This made laugh till I wheezed. Emulsions!

SourDoughToast · 28/04/2023 21:18

I work in HR and got an email today from a member of staff asking about their anal leave entitlement.

🍑

1AnotherOne · 28/04/2023 21:26

My colleague once sent an email to the hospital director saying ‘sorry I didn’t catch you this morning. Have you managed to have breakfast? Would you like me to send you a bacon roll?’

except he didn’t send it to her, he sent it to the whole hospital as he replied to an email she had sent to all users. So many departments replied with their sauce preferences. He was mortified.

ThinkAboutItTomorrow · 28/04/2023 21:30

Tiny start up company. We had a very exciting pitch that was a bit make or break for the company. My colleague emailed her pitch deck to the boss forwarding the clients brief. Boss replied 'looks good. Don't fuck it up' but somehow replied to colleague and client.

Fortunately client was lovely and found it funny. Gave us the work.

'Don't fuck it up' became our company mantra 😅

Modda · 28/04/2023 21:30

My friend at work sent a very long email complaining about one of the team. Really went into detail about how shit he was.

Sent it to the boss and bcc'd the person she was complaining about as she thought that meant he'd never be able to see it.

Went as white as a sheet when I explained Grin

Littleworkaholic · 28/04/2023 21:39

Sent an email to a very short and very senior colleague , called Tony and wrote Hi Tiny. Worst typo ever. I apologised profusely for the typo, and he took it with good grace, but I still cringe about it.

violetcuriosity · 28/04/2023 21:44

Headteacher asked everyone to send ideas of themes for world book day, I meant to write 'heroes' but actually wrote something like- I think a herpes theme would be good, both boys and girls can relate

🙈

QueSyrahSyrah · 28/04/2023 21:49

I have to catch myself from referring to the Accocunts department on the regular. I'm sure the odd one has slipped through.

Not quite the same but a couple of weeks ago I was trying (and failing) to upload a CSV file to a system we use, while the colleague that usually does it was away. Only after say 15 or 16 attempts did our MD walk out of his office and question all the upload failed email notifications he was getting Blush

LeefPeeper · 28/04/2023 21:51

Some one sent an email to the whole department of about 150 people asking if they wanted to go for team charity wank 🤣 they were trying to arrange a charity walk

Hedjwitch · 28/04/2023 21:54

Once emailed a bloke to see if he had completed his analysis of my report,as deadline was near.

He replied " wanking on it"

I sent " I didn't think it was that exciting"

Eventually got a mortified " WORKING on it!"

tillytoodles1 · 28/04/2023 21:56

I emailed a plumber to come round to fix my tap. I live in a flat and have a call system at the front door so I asked him to ring me when he arrived. For some reason predictive text asked him to tickle me when he arrived.