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40 People Share Their Workplace Fails
Have you ever made a serious breach of office etiquette that made you want to call in sick? This hilarious conversation on Twitter has people sharing their stories of times they’ve screwed up in the workplace and ended up looking pretty unprofessional.
One user named Maurice started off the story round with a time he was annoyed when a business contact spelled his name wrong, so he called them out only to be told that they were just following his lead, and to take a look at his own signature. A lot of people were reminded of their own fails, and this thread was born.
Some of them can be blamed on Autocorrect, which has been “ducking” us over since its invention. It’s usually fairly benevolent when you send an unintentionally crude message to a friend and you both giggle like you’re 12 years old, but when you send it to the whole office, it can feel like the equivalent of having your pants rip while you’re giving a presentation. As much as we resent autocorrect, though, we’re not much better off without it. When you simply mistype, forget words, or send an email to the wrong person, unfortunately, you have nobody to blame but yourself.
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Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
That is pretty correct. I find that most men tend to fall into one of these categories ... ;-)
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J.Labuschagné 6 years ago
Had the same problem! Only realised my mistake when one of my professors said he got an inquiry from an odd email account... I was mortified!
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Carol Emory 6 years ago
Then the drug test came upon your return. "You know our anti-drug policy here, D."
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Atlas 6 years ago
My mom once sent an email to her boss to make him aware that "orders can be released now". Nothing autocorrect worthy, right? But we're brazilian, and the phrase goes "pedidos podem ser liberados agora". Instead of typing "pedidos", she typed "peidos"... which roughly translates to "farts can be released now". Stinks
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Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
A colleague who is very dear to me is called Mirella Marinaki. Why do I seem to always refer to her as Marinella???
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Not what you think. 6 years ago
Pray real hard they don't get shot or you'll be a prime suspect.
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MagicalUnicorn 6 years ago
well, everybody has certain needs, although i can only wish to have day off from work for that :D
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Samantha Lomb 6 years ago
I podcast and one of the ертпы шт the check list my boss gave me was ask beforehand how a guest's name is pronounced to avid this embarrassment
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chi-wei shen 6 years ago (edited)
Did she have a foreign keyboard? In some countries in central Europe, especially German speaking countries, 'Z' and 'Y' are exchanged when compared to the standard English layout (QWERTZ instead of QWERTY). Otherwise such a typo would be strange because 'Y' and 'Z' ar pretty far apart.
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Raylene Mckenzie 6 years ago
And this is why parents shouldn't fk with spelling just to show off their "uniqueness" at having a child. It's the child who has to spend the rest of their lives dealing with this s**t.
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Carol Emory 6 years ago
A coworker sent an email to our boss about the state of storage at the college facilities. She walked up with a copy of the email and said "I was unaware that this University engages in this kind of business. When did this department get started?" He reads the email title and groaned. Instead of stating "Current Status of the Warehouse.." He typed "Current Status of the Whorehouse." We all got a good chuckle out of it for a week or so.
Grilled_bun 6 years ago
I once sent an email starting with "Dear Mr xxx, I hope you ate well" instead of I hope you ARE well like a normal person would. Didn't notice until they responded with "why, yes I had a lovely salad for lunch and I am touched by your concern"
Ola Polowczyk 6 years ago
I make lots of typos. The majority of times I catch myself before I hit "send". Not always though. Once I started an e-mail to a client with a "Dead all" instead of "Dear all". Then, after some time I started an e-mail with a "Hell" instead of "Hello". Then, trying to correct myself and apologize, I typed "Hell agin" instead of "Hello again". They had a good laugh about it. And once I wished them "A great weekend". On a Tuesday. At 11 AM. Good times :D
Carol Emory 6 years ago
A coworker sent an email to our boss about the state of storage at the college facilities. She walked up with a copy of the email and said "I was unaware that this University engages in this kind of business. When did this department get started?" He reads the email title and groaned. Instead of stating "Current Status of the Warehouse.." He typed "Current Status of the Whorehouse." We all got a good chuckle out of it for a week or so.
Grilled_bun 6 years ago
I once sent an email starting with "Dear Mr xxx, I hope you ate well" instead of I hope you ARE well like a normal person would. Didn't notice until they responded with "why, yes I had a lovely salad for lunch and I am touched by your concern"
Ola Polowczyk 6 years ago
I make lots of typos. The majority of times I catch myself before I hit "send". Not always though. Once I started an e-mail to a client with a "Dead all" instead of "Dear all". Then, after some time I started an e-mail with a "Hell" instead of "Hello". Then, trying to correct myself and apologize, I typed "Hell agin" instead of "Hello again". They had a good laugh about it. And once I wished them "A great weekend". On a Tuesday. At 11 AM. Good times :D
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