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

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Trills · 25/05/2016 16:13

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

Should I quit in shame?

OP posts:
EcclefechanTart · 25/05/2016 16:52

Live AIBU on stage?? Good grief. Shock

Mov1ngOn · 25/05/2016 16:53

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

Goingtobeawesome · 25/05/2016 16:57

Hmm

SapphireStrange · 25/05/2016 17:02

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 · 25/05/2016 17:06

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

bibliomania · 25/05/2016 17:08

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

NeedAScarfForMyGiraffe · 25/05/2016 17:08

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YouMakeMyDreams · 25/05/2016 17:11

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

SlinkyVagabond · 25/05/2016 17:17

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

FiveShelties · 25/05/2016 17:25

Mentioned a 'stiff member' instead of staff member. Blush

shovetheholly · 25/05/2016 17:27

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

soupmaker · 25/05/2016 17:38

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 · 25/05/2016 17:40

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 · 25/05/2016 17:44

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

CrepeDeChineWag · 25/05/2016 17:47

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

ParanoidGynodroid · 25/05/2016 18:00

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

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

RuggerHug · 25/05/2016 18:11

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 · 25/05/2016 18:14

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

sadnortherner · 25/05/2016 18:15

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 · 25/05/2016 18:49

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 · 25/05/2016 18:53

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 Blush

YetAnotherHelenMumsnet · 25/05/2016 18:58

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 · 25/05/2016 19:01

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

It was for a business offering "quality titted kitchens" Grin

28DegreesIsTooHot · 25/05/2016 19:04

Grin 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 · 25/05/2016 19:05

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

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