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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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Bettybooby · 22/08/2015 11:26

I remember talking online to someone and after a few months decided to meet.
I sent a text about the meeting.
It said 'I don't think I fancy him from his photos and don't know if I should cancel but he seems so nice apart from his face'
I know this was horrible but we're going back ten years here when I was not so mature.
Obviously as I was thinking about how I mustn't send it to him, I sent it to him.
Luckily he saw the funny side but no I didn't fancy him. We are still friends now though!

Glitteryarse · 22/08/2015 11:30

Sent an email to my current boss containing infomation which was supposed to go to my solicitor when I was starting a grievence against her. She did not know at the time ..,,

Sent my solicitor an email complaining about her fees to her instead of my dp Blush

Sent roses are red, violets are blue, ive got a knife now get in the van to my male boss on Valentine's day that was supposed to go to my dp ( I know very bad taste)

I'm always doing this.

Notasinglefuckwasgiven · 22/08/2015 11:38

findo if you write cunt often enough your phone assumes that's what you mean when you try and say aunt.

Coffeemorris · 22/08/2015 11:59

My phone was unlocked in my bag once and it sent about 35 texts to my boss with various smily faces in them and a couple of nonsense sghsudn texts ocer the course of an hour.

My colleague once sent an email to the head of department at our clients with a YouTube video of dancing cats, while we were charging the client to work in their office. Mature!

HackerFucker22 · 22/08/2015 12:07

For some reason aunt / aunty was cunt /cunty on my old phone.... I've done it a few times but thankfully my sister and sil have a good sense of humour and haven't minded me sending them messages on behalf of my kids to cunty lol.

Did the whole manager email mishap too. Meant to send it to my colleague but sent it to my manager.... she was on lunch and I had her password so hopped on her computer and deleted She sat opposite me
It wasn't even that bad but better deleted!!

MercedesDR · 22/08/2015 12:16

I sent a client an erotic story meant for a friend. He replied and asked for my phone number.

beela · 22/08/2015 12:17

I received a text from someone in my team who was a well-known nightclub sleaze, saying something along the lines of 'hi there sexy babe, great to see you last night' - I was his boss, he was super embarrassed when I pointed out he might have sent it to the wrong person.

deardeidre · 22/08/2015 12:19

Hmm I received one at 4am this morning from my DS 14! which was clearly meant for his girlfriend. We shall be having a big chat later!

TheMotherOfHellbeasts · 22/08/2015 12:23

I haven't ever sent one, but I have received them. The worst was when I was working overseas, I am a scientist and prior to being with DH used to get requests from various Governments to do research for them, it involved working closely with their military.

In one particular country, one of the Generals I was having to work with sent an email to one of his colleagues (his best friend) complaining about me, it was pretty horrendy personal stuff along the lines of I was far too young to be in such a role (I was thirty years younger than him) and that I was a whore who was fucking my way around the world, and that was the only reason that Governments requested me. It was really childish stuff but I was seething about it, and he and I and butted heads from the moment I arrived.

I printed it off and marched into his office and confronted him about it, we ended up having an enormous and very unprofessional argument about it, things went downhill from there Blush.

Orange1969 · 22/08/2015 12:26

I've been on the receiving end of an email that was sent by mistake.

It was from a temp in my office and intended to her friends. It was very nasty - suggested I was useless and should be sacked.

She was a horrible woman. I never mentioned it as I didn't think I would achieve anything. As it happened, I left the company soon afterwards as I hated the place. She stayed on - I sometimes wonder whether anyone else picked up on her nastiness.

NotMyMonkey · 22/08/2015 12:32

Glad to see my phone isn't the only one with tourettes Grin

ollieplimsoles · 22/08/2015 12:37

Top notch weekend reading!

My agents set up an 'in' for me with a massive major uk publisher, they were considering me for a picture book and agents asked me to send the lead editor (a known hard- ass) an email to introduce myself and my work.

I couldn't believe my luck, I wrote out the email to her, then text dh to tell him what had happened. I finished up the email all excited and pressed send..

..to my horror I realised I had written 'love you xxx' on the end of the extremely polite and formal email. Needless to say, I didn't get the gig...

TheFormidableMrsC · 22/08/2015 12:41

Just last week, having had a funny telephone conversation with friend (shan't go into details) I followed it up with a text saying "it's because I am secretly on the game Wink". Sadly, I sent this text to my STBX SIL who has the same name. I did quickly apologise and say it was a mistake. She has never responded. Can guarantee that'll come up at some point in the future Blush....

ollieplimsoles · 22/08/2015 12:52

Oh and not forgetting this gem;

Working on a Christmas book for a really nice publisher. Sent them the art work for one page that featured Mr. and Mrs Santa Claus dressed in Christmassy attire. They loved the page but said Mrs Claus needed more detail.

I replied with 'Ill add some flowers to her hair and maybe a decorative clit'

O_o luckily they saw the funny side.

Mermaidhair · 22/08/2015 12:55

findo , using Tourette's in that context is as offensive as calling someone spastic. Educate yourself on it for your homework from me,

Mermaidhair · 22/08/2015 13:02

monkey **you to!

NotMyMonkey · 22/08/2015 13:07

I apologise mermaid didn't mean to offend.

SaskiaRembrandtWasFramed · 22/08/2015 13:12

I once sent a client a meme of a sarcastic owl, it was meant to go to a friend. Luckily, he saw the funny side.

Roussette · 22/08/2015 13:12

Work colleague had been a bit woolly and slow on something more than once and I was under huge pressure at work

I was pretty fed up and decided to let off steam to person I work closely with as we share our frustrations with each other. I pulled no punches in my rant about how useless she was and why didn't she do what she was supposed to do and how I was sick of waiting for information etc.

Sent it to flaky work colleague.

Nearly died on the spot when I realised. Texted apologies. Felt awful.

Flaky work colleague was so lovely about it and there were 20 of us at a meeting I was holding a couple of days after, I didn't know how I was going to face her. I got to the meeting and there was the most lovely box of chocolates on my seat from her. We actually hugged! I didn't deserve it. I learnt from it big time! She was so gracious.

PlummyBrummy · 22/08/2015 13:56

A film crew were filming at my place of work and tensions were really high. They were really unpleasant to deal with, totally went back on the programme they said they were going to make (in order to get into the location) and made life pretty difficult by changing their mind and shrieking at everyone to do what they wanted yesterday. Anyway, a lady from another organisation was involved and they were putting hideous pressure on her to go against all the rules and principles of her job. I felt for her and sent an encouraging email to tell her to hold her ground, that they were hysterical and needed to learn they had to wait for some things. Sadly, this lady accidentally forwarded the email to the whole crew and all of my colleagues. I was crippled by anguish - not an understatement as I was so cut up about it that I suffered from something approaching ulcers with the stress. Mainly because the evil gits on the crew used it as another wedge to drive between everyone on site and wanted me sacked for it. The lady was sorry but I couldn't yell at her as it was a mistake and the cat was out of the bag. Oh god, it was just excruciating and thinking about it makes me go cold. I had to apologise for writing what was basically the truth and the gits got to feel all righteous - excruciating!!

MaryPoppinsPenguins · 22/08/2015 14:22

I wrote a text out to my friend telling her how terrible and awkward drunkenly sleeping with our mutual friend had been...

Except I was clearly thinking of his name because I actually sent it to him Blush

I made it worse by immediately texting him to say 'that was a joke! Haha!'

I'm cringing now.

FindoGask · 22/08/2015 14:36

Mermaidhair, like most people I don't set out to be offensive so I am genuinely sorry if I really have offended someone with Tourette's who is reading this thread.

In the meantime I expect you have never inadvertently slighted any minority group in your life, which would explain your officiously patronising tone.

Optimist1 · 22/08/2015 14:37

My friend had fancied one of his co-workers for a while and plucked up courage one Friday afternoon to send an email (Subject : Drinks are on me. Message : I'm going to see what the new bar down the street is like after work. Would you like to join me?). As soon as he'd pressed send he realised it had gone to everyone in the company!! Shock

mrschatty · 22/08/2015 14:46

Years ago when me and (now) dh were just starting to go out he was supposed to be picking me up for a party. No communication at all. Best friend text asking where I was. Replied saying 'no idea where that bell*d is...' of course sent it to dh. He replied 'so I'm a bell*d am I? ' I just replied yes! Oops.