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To have told colleague I'd would do a poo

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chellochello · 11/12/2019 21:14

Most embarrassing day of my life - I have sent an email to a young male Collegue saying these exact words 'OK I will do a POO'

Now what I should have said was 'ok I will raise a PO' (purchase order) but in my rush I typed the above am I'm just mortified- he did place my order so he knew what I really meant and he hasn't said anything about it but I'm so embarrassed Blush

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DuggeesWoggle · 11/12/2019 22:51

Loving the 12 hour shits and being too busty to go to a meeting GrinGrinGrin

AutumnRose1 · 11/12/2019 22:52

@purplecorkheart. I don’t know....Of course people skim read and the mind will see the word it expects to see....but even then, a caps lock POO seems likely to be spotted.

Grin
Peasplease21 · 11/12/2019 22:52

I work in special educational needs and once signed an email to a senco “best retards” Xmas Blush

iamNOTmagic · 11/12/2019 22:52

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SilentTights · 11/12/2019 22:58

I work in IT and once got a very snotty email from a colleague complaining about the laptop he'd been given.

Apparently his hard dick was too small and he wanted a bigger one. Grin

ItalianinLondon · 11/12/2019 23:00

I wrote "Death, Dr so-and-so" on an email yesterday, instead of "Dear Dr so-and-so".

Or rather, I think I wrote "Deat" and autocorrect fixed it to "Death," rather than "Dear".

Because that's, like, totally the normal way to start an email!

StVincent · 11/12/2019 23:00

Similar to earlier post, I’ve begun an email asking a favour with the phrase “I know you’re incredibly busty.”

ItalianinLondon · 11/12/2019 23:01

And I frequently tell people that I'm just going to have a look in the dairy.

Khione · 11/12/2019 23:01

I once received an email about my daughter's friend's lost fucksack. They were about 8.

AutumnRose1 · 11/12/2019 23:02

@ItalianinLondon

Gird yourself, there might be a Purchase Order in there....

Khione · 11/12/2019 23:02

OP it could have been worse. You could have said

I'll do a POO for you. Grin

newbingepisodes · 11/12/2019 23:05

If that's "the most embarrassing" day of your life, you're very lucky!

chellochello · 11/12/2019 23:08

Thank you all - you have made me feel much better about my little faux pas

Still worried about what Ryan in procurement is thinking about me though Smile

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StinkyWizleteets · 11/12/2019 23:10

I was writing ‘I can’t face my manager’ (context:,wearing this shirt stained in soup) in an email on a sticky keyboard while juggling phone calls and a useless intern and wrote my cuntface manager ... he was the sweetest elderly man about to retire and I had a lot of grovelling to do afterwards because the recipient (who was a cuntface) reported new for it. He was so disappointed in me knowing such language. His replacement Upon retirement claimed to have promoted me for it so I can’t complain.

justcly · 11/12/2019 23:11

I once SAID in a work meeting: "But if we are shortly going to be purchasing Shite do we need to give new recruits conference call facilities?"

I meant Skype. Blush

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alibongo5 · 11/12/2019 23:24

There was once an advert placed in my workplace which attracted a "shit allowance" .

And a letter was sent asking someone to sing and return his contract. To his credit he rang up and sang the contract down the phone!

Goodgollymiss · 11/12/2019 23:25

Any queers please let me know,

(The shameCrown Blush

RedRec · 11/12/2019 23:27

'too busty to attend a meeting' Grin

JoBrodie · 11/12/2019 23:29

Haha OP and other Ps :) Tell him it was just a typoo.
Jo

Osirus · 11/12/2019 23:31

I was very nearly sent a letter to a client where in its contents I’d referred to the Office of the Pubic Guardian.

I’ve been a secretary/legal assistant for nearly 20 years and that’s the worst I’ve done. Caught it in time though Grin

Osirus · 11/12/2019 23:31

Once, not was!

Milsplus3 · 11/12/2019 23:33

Bet none of you have accidentally called your boss ‘dad’ though or ended a phone call with a client with ‘love you bye’ Blush

discusstin · 11/12/2019 23:44

Someone once sent me an email from a company meaning to say “Good afternoon” but she typed “Good afterboob.” I thought it was great and emailed back to say so but never heard from them again.

frankie001 · 11/12/2019 23:50

I have to be careful signing emails as my name autocorrects to Shat On when on my phone!