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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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frenchcheeses · 22/08/2015 14:59

I once sent an email to my colleague but instead sent it to the senior VP of one of my most important clients who had the same first name. I basically said that I wouldn't advise eating the croissants because they'd given me such explosive wind that I kept having to leave the office for the sake of the team...

GnocchiGnocchiWhosThere · 22/08/2015 15:00

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Wilberforce2 · 22/08/2015 15:07

I was seeing a not very ugly personal trainer at the gym and he gave me his number in case I ever needed to cancel but in my phone I was always getting confused as he had a very similar name to my female best friend (just a different letter at the end). So one day I did make a mistake and sent him a text that said "Hi lovely any chance you can look after ds today as I have a smear test and don't want him tearing around the room while the nurse has her head between my legs" Shock Mortified! I sent one straight after apologising and he just sent back a thumbs up!luckily I only had one other session with him!

chipshop · 22/08/2015 15:09

DP once sent an email meant for his new girlfriend to his entire office instead. She was a veggie and it was a long, cringy love letter... He said he cried thinking of fluffy wuffy bunny rabbits being killed for example! DP, who has never been a veggie, works in an all-male office and you can imagine how it went down... Grin

My friend once forwarded a long email chain in which I had been a bit snipey about someone at work to our whole office by mistake. I was absolutely mortified. I apologised and the colleague was very gracious which made me feel much worse! Thoroughly learned my lesson and I have never said anything unprofessional on work email since. Shock

Roussette · 22/08/2015 15:52

I was away at a 'do' leaving DH behind and dressed up to the nines with a dress that showed some cleavage. It was with work and we'd had some drinks in the room beforehand.

I took a picture of me in the dress focussing the pic on my cleavage to send to my DH with the caption "I bet you'd like to get your hands on these babies!"

Because I was a bit well oiled, I sent it to the first person in my contact list. My 19 year old nephew.

I died a thousand deaths. Then sent him another one saying "ooops wrong person". Then wished I'd said it was going to my DH because what would he think etc. I just left it. I saw him shortly after. He blushed when he saw me. Awful.

CarpeJugulum · 22/08/2015 15:58

I may have sent a slightly suggestive text meant for DH to DBIL... Blush

Luckily, he saw the funny side and wound me up about it!

Badders123 · 22/08/2015 16:01

I once text Dh "love you and can't wait for later" at work.
His bosses name begins with the same letter.
Yep.
Sent it to his boss.
Which wouldn't have been so bad, if his wife of 2 weeks hadnt been in the office too and seen the text!

goldglittershitter · 22/08/2015 21:09

Sent text meant for new boyfriend to female boss saying she had a delicious cock .... I died a little but all credit to her, she never ever mentioned it.

DJThreeDog · 22/08/2015 22:40

Once sent a text to my then boyfriend telling him I'd just spent a really cringey evening with his mate who really fancied me and could he please tell him we were dating?

Except of course i sent it to the mate Blush I was mortified. Think I just drank a lot to get over it!

darksideofthemooncup · 22/08/2015 23:05

I once sent a picture of myself wearing a Winge (false fringe that made me look like Dave Hill) to an electrician that had phoned me that morning to give me a quote for some work. It was meant for my friend (wine was involved). Funnily enough he never called me back to see if we had accepted the quote....

sykadelic · 22/08/2015 23:28

Not a message but a telephone call... I was at work and my (now ex) bf called to nag about something or other (he was emotionally abusive). I'd had him on speakerphone at some point and picked up the receiver to say goodbye. After hanging up I turned to my desk mate and said something like "he's such a tosser"... only to hear him respond with "WHAT?!" It turns out that picking up the receiver doesn't disengage the speaker function, only pressing the button again would do it so... yeah :S

E-mail... When my (now DH) fiance and I were doing the long-distance thing I sent him and e-mail that included some EXTREMELY personal photos... only I sent it to my former colleague who had a similar beginning to her e-mail. She was always early to work so I was worried that even if I called her first thing she might have seem them before I called her. Still, called her first thing, told her that they were extremely personal and to please delete the e-mail immediately. She never said she saw them and I choose to believe she didn't :S

Mermaidhair · 23/08/2015 00:59

Findo thankfully I have never felt the need to use disablist language. I was actually trying to be light hearted with you instead of being extremely rude. For the record: People with Tourette's don't all swear. It is a very disabling condition to have and effects a whole family. It makes me so sad when people throw the term around jokingly.

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Nibledbyducks · 23/08/2015 05:41

DP received numerous text messages and photos from a friend regarding his foot fetish that were intended for the woman with which he was having an extra-marital affair :/

Braeburns · 23/08/2015 10:45

I work in HR and a former colleague of mine was organising some coaching/training for a particularly difficult member of staff. Instead of forwarding the booking to their manager he sent it directly to the individual but it included his commentary on how the individual desperately needed this coaching as they were currently so hard to work with etc. Somehow he managed to convince them that he was trying to be constructive...

SzeliSecond · 24/08/2015 04:52

I'm a makeup artist and used to hire new makeup artists for my company but whilst I was on holiday my boss hired a couple of new starters - with very little idea on what they should be capable of.

I came back and saw their work and it really wasn't good - owner asked me to sack them and I said I'd rather not undermine boss and I'd write some notes if boss wished to give them some pointers. All good.

I was scathing, but as no one would see them but my boss and I wanted to get thru to her the important details before she spoke to the staff I thought full disclosure was best.

Came in the day after "did you manage to chat with x and y?"

"not properly, I just gave them your notes, they'll understand it better than me" Blush

Was a tough week at work but the girls are really sucessful now!

Luciferbox · 24/08/2015 06:00

DH and I used to work together. On the weekend I had bought a new set of underwear in a new cut. Nothing kinky, just not my usual. I txt him to say it's being a right pita and I couldn't wait to go home and take them off/change them. Only he didn't have his phone, he'd given it to a work colleague to borrow. I've never lived it down. DH now works elsewhere but the boys in work often ask after my underwear.

OnlyLovers · 24/08/2015 12:01

oingy boingy left foot has made me cry laughing.

I recently had to draft a fairly formal email for my boss to send, and sent it to him to approve. He said it was fine apart from where I'd seemed to suggest that the recipient do something rather dirty. Blush

I immediately asked 'God – what did I type?' but then changed my mind and told him I didn't want to know.

Luckily he and I get on very well and he thought it was funny. I also assume he amended it before he sent it. Grin

designedbynature · 24/08/2015 12:25

I once sent a pure filth text message by accident to my Dad's girlfriend! Her name was next to my boyfriend in my mobile and I have bad eyesight!

It was made much worse by the fact that they were visiting at the time!

ScatterChasse · 24/08/2015 12:29

I'm ok I think

There was one at work where somebody forwarded an e-mail chain with HR asking whether counselling was available on the company health plan to my department as well as his personal e-mail. That was slightly awkward - we worked at a different site, in a different field, though and had never met him so we all just ignored it and hoped he never realised!

fizzysweetie · 24/08/2015 13:02

About 10 years ago, I was sent a rather - ahem - intimate photo by a male work colleague, which was meant for a third colleague whose name started with the same letter as mine. No one had any idea they were seeing each other so it was a bit of a double Shock.

My worst one was forwarding an annoying, rude, moany email from a client to my boss to show her what he was like. Except I didn't forward, I replied, and said client saw my no-holds-barred opinion of how difficult he was to work with. He didn't take it very well. Thankfully, my boss was on my side!

PerfectlyPosed · 24/08/2015 13:14

I once received an email from a client that hasn't answered any of the questions I had asked him. Instead of forwarding to a colleague, I replied saying "please can you deal with this. He obviously doesn't read his emails properly! I was mortified and apologised using the excuse that I had sent it at 5am and obviously wasn't thinking straight! Thankfully he saw the funny side and said he had once ended a relationship in a similar way.

Focusfocus · 24/08/2015 13:17

Can't beat mrs clauses clit, but

"Oh look honeyyyy, I've won a huge grant!,, love you xxxx" to the dean of external grants. No reply. Never mentioned.

"Can't stand professor x. His sleazy beard, sleazy eyes, brainless head, the lot" to Prof X. Who immediately rung me, furious.

unlucky83 · 24/08/2015 13:48

Tame in comparison to some of these and not me but a fairly new work colleague. There was going to be group get together - organising it emails going back and forth. New colleague sent an email to the group saying what about x night - I heard boss making arrangements when I was in a meeting with him so I know he will be away and so we could all finish early...yep you guessed it - boss was in the group email...
He thought it was funny (was included and planning on coming) but we let the colleague sweat for a bit after he'd realised what he done...Grin

Pensfriends · 24/08/2015 14:14

I sent a rude text meant for DH to my DM. That was awkward, particularly as I had to see her the next day.