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To ask for your worst, most shameful misdirected messages/emails?

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pandarific · 22/08/2015 10:07

At the age of 17, I once sent my other a text meant for my best friend asking 'if we should try and get some gear?' (I thought smoking was uber cool at the time.)

Cue a long, excruciating call, where I managed to half-convince my mother that it was slang for alcohol - still bad, as we were underage, but not as bad.

I'm getting hives just remembering it.

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GrizzlebertGrumbledink · 22/08/2015 10:10

Argh. I was 17, sent a raunchy text intended for my boyfriend but actually sent it to my Saturday job employer who had the same first name. Resulted in a very awkward conversation in the office about how he is happily married

BeeRayKay · 22/08/2015 10:13

I've had several.

But my most excruciating moment, was poor vetting of photos.

So, it's Christmas Eve, me, my then fiance (now DH) and my children are at my fathers house. My eldest is sat on his knee, playing on my mobile. And I can here them talking about the game she was playing. She was only 3. Then I here "yes thats you and mawmaw, and you and daddy" and realised they were looking through photos.

Thought nothing of it.

A few minutes later, my dads jaw drops, and he goes bright red.

The penny drops.

There are some very explicit x rated photos of me, sexy underwear/naked/positions etc etc which my fiance had taken on his phone, the phone who's memory card was now in my phone.

My dad saw them all.

Mortified.

And then to make it worse, he thought it was hilarious, so told everyone. And I mean everyone.

Rainbowlou1 · 22/08/2015 10:13

I sent an awful text about my boss accidentally to my boss once..something along the lines of 'I've been summoned to the miserable old cows house in the morning so will be in a bit late'

queenmools · 22/08/2015 10:14

Grizzlebert-that could have been sooooo much worse. At least he was HAPPILY married!

Rainbowlou1 · 22/08/2015 10:14

Beeraykay Shock I would have been mortified!

InTheBox · 22/08/2015 10:20

This happened to one of my colleagues. Someone from upper management had e-mailed all the staff reprimanding us about a deal that had gone wrong due to the general lack of collaboration between the departments. Said colleague - instead of 'forwarding' the e-mail to whomever she intended actually hit 'reply-all' with a scathing commentary about the 'twats in management who wouldn't know a good idea if it hit them square in the face' etc etc.. I remember cringing for her when reading the e-mail.

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pandarific · 22/08/2015 10:22

Oh nooooo BeeRay. No no no no...

Rainbowlou1 you don't get away that easily! What happened after that? Did you have to face her?? Grin

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Rainbowlou1 · 22/08/2015 10:30

I had too go to her house in the morning...I was bricking it and the atmosphere was just awful!!
She had this horrible way of letting you know without actually saying it if that makes sense?
We had the most excruciating meeting at her house where she was very, very off with me (can't blame her!) then in a general staff meeting she kept making sarcastic comments aimed at me, for example 'if that's ok with you rainbow, wouldn't want you think I was being miserable' or 'some people may think I'm being a cow wouldn't they rainbow?'
I cringed every day from then on until I left!

Rainbowlou1 · 22/08/2015 10:32

Oops excuse the typos

BoyFromTheBigBadCity · 22/08/2015 10:41

I once received a text a few days before my birthday party saying 'have you got any idea what to get Boy?!'

pocketsaviour · 22/08/2015 10:47

I once replied instead of forwarded an email from a department head and said "Is this woman crackers or what?" Managed to convince her I was talking about my own line manager, at the suggestion of said line manager, who was very understanding about these things Grin

MeganChips · 22/08/2015 10:48

Years ago, I had a slightly flirty email from an ex colleague I secretly rather fancied. I stayed professional in my reply but forwarded it to a workmate saying something like "look, were I unwed I would definitely have him take me in a manly fashion"

Only I didn't forward it, I replied. I got a smiley face in reply and had to spend the next few months avoiding him.

2ndSopranosRule · 22/08/2015 10:53

I had an email from a lady whose first name rhymed with the company she worked with. I forwarded the email to a colleague with a "haha her name is like a bad joke" only obviously I didn't forward it, I replied to it.

Then there was the time I sent a message to 2,000 recipients and spelled my own name wrong. Say my name is Ann. I spelled it Anp. I got lots of replies with "Hi Anp".

Blush

If I'm having a fat-fingered day I pick up the phone these days.

Twolefttoes · 22/08/2015 10:56

Oh these are making me cringe!

I once sent an email about my boss to him instead of my colleague 'any idea why x is such a grump today?' He replied saying 'no' Blush.

The very worst was when I accidentally cc'd the entire company of 200 plus employees in an email about a very top secret deal going on Blush, god I am dying here thinking about it again. Although bosses not happy, they weren't too hard on me and no repercussions thank god.

I now triple check every email I send.

NotMyMonkey · 22/08/2015 11:05

I received a very raunchy text from my brother that was obviously intended for his then girlfriend. It was quickly followed up by with another text saying ' so sorry, wrong person!' Neither of us have ever mentioned it since Blush

Godstopper · 22/08/2015 11:05

To an acquaintance who had recently suffered a bereavement, I managed to replace:

You'll be in my thoughts,

With,

You'll be in my thighs.

NotMyMonkey · 22/08/2015 11:10

Oh and I also once sent a message to a colleague who's beloved aunt had just passed away saying 'I was very sorry to hear about her cunt' Shock obviously meant aunt, fucking autocorrect!

AuntyMag10 · 22/08/2015 11:12

Stopper and Notmy Shock but GrinGrin.
Did you have a reply to that?

NotMyMonkey · 22/08/2015 11:14

auntymag I messaged her again straight after to apologise but strangely enough never had a reply Confused

honeysucklejasmine · 22/08/2015 11:18

I sent whining about how self absorbed a friend was to the friend, rather than my sister. She phoned immediately. And apologised to me! Blush I of course begged forgiveness, we had a great talk, and all was well.

Notasinglefuckwasgiven · 22/08/2015 11:19

Oh I've been auto corrected a few times.
Text to my brother:
If you spot a pimp grab me some fags Blush of course I meant shop and cigarettes ( smoking days )
To a female friend I hadn't seen in a while: oingy boingy left foot. I was trying to give street names and directions.
To my cousin when her little sister was born : congratulations cunt Blush meant congratulations aunt!

CalmYourselfTubbs · 22/08/2015 11:19

these are hilarious!
i've had a few close ones but luckily have managed to avoid this happening.
mostly because i never write anything down in relation to how i feel about colleagues.

honeysucklejasmine · 22/08/2015 11:20

Btw. She wasn't being self absorbed, I was. Hence attempting to whinge to my sister.

DoreenLethal · 22/08/2015 11:20

Not me but my boss once got one that was forwarded from the general manager, that was supposed to go to someone else. The someone else [and I have no idea how it happened] was the person that he had been having an affair with for a few years [we all knew about it].

It was a response to a long email going back and forward with info about their affair including but not limited to her being saddle sore after a conference [where they would book separate rooms but only use the one]. He was the one that was deleting all the 'past bits at the end of the emails' but she was including it all, so it was about two months of to and fro stuff.

Whilst we were reading it like this Shock he tried to get it recalled on the server. But if you've opened it, of course, they can't recall it.

My poor eyes.

OpheliaBitz · 22/08/2015 11:23

I once sent an email to my boss which was meant to say 'are you busy?' As I wanted to discuss something with her. Only I typed 'are you busty?' Instead. Yes, she was quite well-endowed. Blush

Fortunately she saw the funny side and replied 'always. But did you want to talk to me about something else?'