AIBU to think that I have to quit my job over this typo?

[Trills]

I sent out an email to tens of thousands of people with "bring" instead of "being".

Should I quit in shame?

[EcclefechanTart]

Live AIBU on stage?? Good grief.

[Mov1ngOn]

It does sound rather like a mumsnet section! ( sneaky advertising ;))

[Goingtobeawesome]

Hmm

[SapphireStrange]

Not me, but someone on here once sent a work email ending 'Kind retards'. They worked in an area involving people with learning differences...

I've come close many times to saying I knew people were very busty instead of busy.

[HunterHearstHelmsley]

I've emailed 'Shitley' and 'Cunthia' by mistake. Obviously what I'm used to typing

[bibliomania]

Dd's school sent out a leaflet explaining they were collecting money for dead children. Should have been "deaf" children.

[YouMakeMyDreams]

This is the second time in two days I've seen this advert shared here.

[SlinkyVagabond]

Wasn't there a media request for this that got torn to shreds?

[FiveShelties]

Mentioned a 'stiff member' instead of staff member.

[shovetheholly]

I once emailed a lot of very senior people in the NHS about 'pubic health initiatives'.

[soupmaker]

I was the author of a set of minutes of meetings of the board of a government agency which published them on their website and had them sent to the relevant Minister with 'Matters Arsing' in them. My boss was delighted, not. Funny though.

[SapphireStrange]

stiff member

Matters Arsing



Pubic/public is an absolute classic. I do editorial work and that's always the first quick check I do.

[originalmavis]

I saw a presentation with an unfortunate typo. Wrexham was Rectum.

[CrepeDeChineWag]

I don't understand did you send it as you state in your OP or were you sent it as stated later in the thread?

[ParanoidGynodroid]

Not sure funny typos was the point of this post at all



(I do love matters arsing and stiff member, though!)

[RuggerHug]

I know someone who only realised when they were leaving their job that the template they used for every client email ended with 'apologies for the incontinence caused' . They were there....5,6? years when they were leaving.

[HeirOfNothingInParticular]

I typed up formal board papers with an item, Matters Arsing. No one noticed until the meeting!

[sadnortherner]

I've signed business emails as best retards on several occasions

I am now forever grateful to Google for introducing their stop send feature on emails to Gmail meaning I have 30 seconds to save the day !

[Fluffyears]

One of my colleague updated a full system with a manual upload so tens of thousands of accounts and he misspelled 'accounts' he wrote 'acunts'. This meant thousands of lines of swearing in a client report.

[Leigh1980]

Don't worry as the general manager, I once emailed 92 elderly volunteers and asked if anyone was up for doing a Friday shit instead of shift

[YetAnotherHelenMumsnet]

Hi all, we know this is very similar to another thread just deleted but Trills has been with us for a long time so this catastrophic error is sadly likely to be true...

[Therealloislane]

Our local paper once had an ad that hadn't been proofread.

It was for a business offering "quality titted kitchens"

[28DegreesIsTooHot]

at incontinence caused. That is hilarious.

I don't have any examples of funny words used in emails but a pa to one of our directors had to hand in her resignation because she sent nude pics of Brad Pitt to all the senior management of a number of organisations instead of a personal group she had.

[Marmalady75]

At least you didn't do a typo as bad as this one