To think this is a massive issue- wrong text sent to boss

[Lis1992]

Help!! I woke up this morning to realise that my boss had been sent the wrong message. My friend sent a text reply for me as I wasn’t feeling well, and sent it to my boss accidentally. The message said I was embarrassed as I’d got sick on the side of the road and that I’ve no tolerance for wine etc. I was drunk and emotional and told my friend to basically just type what happened on the text and tell my other friend I was feeling awful. So she did. How do I handle this? Boss has ignored it so far but I’ll need to explain obviously. This is a massive f* up isn’t it? Ahhhhh. I honestly feel so upset and I don’t know if it’s just the hangover fear blowing this out of proportion or if it as big as I think it is!

@Hannahsbananas I was drunk I wasn’t up to texting. I was upset and being sick. I asked my friend who was in the taxi with me, to reply for me. The friend she texted for me, had been out with us and knew I was unwell when leaving.

What is your job?

Honestly, just send a new message saying something like...

Hello 'Boss' name'

Please ignore the last text message as it was sent to you in error. Apologies for this.

OP, if I were your boss, I'd just laugh it off. Since you weren't meant to be in today it won't have any impact on your job. Don't worry

Hope you are feeling better today

I’m really confused - who or what was your friend suppose to reply to?

So she was replying to an existing text.
Even more unlikely that she “accidentally” sent it to your boss.

As pp have said, be very wary of this friend.

Did you send a second text apologising and saying it wasn’t meant for them?

Sounds like your boss is ignoring it as they know it wasn’t meant for them.

I once sent my boss a text saying I was looking forward to sexy time, I also added "you're sooo gonna get some" .
I was texting DP and my boss at the same time.
My faux Pas ended up as a question in the Xmas quiz!
If I were you I'd front it out, either tell the truth or say you were forwarding a message from a friend onto another friend and accidentally sent it to him.
"Omg, I accidentally forwarded a message from my pal to my sister and sent it to you instead, I'm so sorry, I'm mortified"
Don't beat yourself up, he's probably not replied because he knows it was a mistake.
My boss actually rang me back and asked if I'd sent it by mistake, he was howling 😂

I’m confused as to how people are confused. It’s very straightforward.

I would delete the message sent to boss then text her/him saying so sorry, clearly this was sent in error (tone depending on your relationship with boss).

Then try to forget about it.

My boss sent me a really crude tik tok by accident once ….. we all make mistakes 🤣

What do you mean a question in the christmas quizz? This is hilarious

oh no nothing like that. I wouldn’t do that. I’m not scheduled to be in work today.

Oh. So you weren’t meant to be in work anyway. None issue.
The polite thing for your boss to do is just ignore it.

I was on a text chain with a friend about a person we were working with on a project that was not work related (lets call him K) . I was annoyed with K and sent a text that said "He thinks he's so above everyone else! F%$K (typed out the word) him. Sent it to my boss. MY boss and I had been having a work discussion what could have caused me to think that about him, but it wasn't. I started to pack my office. LOL My boss called me hours later...I was a wreck. I asked him if he knew "K". He said he did not. I said "well, he is an awful man!" My bosses response was "Yea, F$%K him"! 😂^^

If this was one of my team I wouldn’t care in the slightest. Laugh it off. Don’t stress.

Weird that people couldn't understand the OP, it was perfectly clear. I'd just delete the message if possible and send a follow up text saying 'oops, so sorry about that! The text was meant for my friend'

Own it, next time you see him tell him you couldn’t stop laughing when you saw what you’d (your friend) had done and that your friend owes you for life!

Wtf?

Yes lots of people seem to be having trouble reading the OP. It isn't that hard to understand.

This

Given it's not like you've thrown a sickie when you're hungover, I don't think it's too bad. My boss would just laugh at me and make jokes about it for several weeks. You're allowed a life outside work and even one in which you get drunk!

What didn’t you understand? It’s better to try to see the funny side and joke about it than being so embarrassed you don’t know how to live it down. If you laugh about it yourself people can laugh with you but not at you. I think you might have come to that part of your life where you choose this approach though..

Another vote for "not a big deal".

It didn't interfere with your job in any way. You aren't admitting to a murder there, just to something which is geberally accepted (outside of work).

Send the "sorry, wrong recipient" or just delete the sent message, whatever is easier for you.

How did your friend manage to send it to your boss? Do they have the same name as your other friend? I would be worried this was an intentionally malicious action by the ‘friend’ who wrote the text.

Oh, give over yourself. It is quite funny.

You could always blame your friend and say she thought it would be funny. It’s probably true too.