Today, after returning to work from a week-long sickness, I sent out an apologetic email to all of my clients to explain my lack of communication due to absence. I realised afterwards I had put the subject line as 'Absense'. And sent it to all of my clients. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I meant to send a cheeky “I’m out of the office” reply to my team but instead hit “reply all” on an email chain with my entire company, including my boss, HR, and some clients. The message included a joke about “sleeping through meetings” that was NOT work-appropriate. FML
Today, I sent an email to my boss about a sensitive project. After hitting send and getting a response, I remembered I'd set my automatic reply to say, "I'm currently out of the office, enjoying a much-needed break from all the idiots I work with." My boss was not amused when he replied and got the automatic email in return. FML
Today, I sent an important email to my entire team, but I accidentally left a shopping list as the subject line. They responded with grocery items they needed. Nobody mentioned the email content. FML
Today, I was sick, so I emailed my co-workers with a list of my hours, asking if anyone would be willing to cover them for me. I only got one hour covered, and that was during a day I don't even work. FML
Today, I sent a polite yet strongly-worded email to one of my corporate clients in which I expressed my irritation at being asked the same question by the same team for the 4th day in a row. I ended it with "Regards!" but accidentally swapped the 'g' with a 't'. FML
Today, I set an out-of-office auto-reply for my work email saying, “Currently out of the office, pretending to care somewhere else.” I forgot to turn it off. My boss emailed me three times before I noticed. FML
Today, I sent a "just checking in!" email to a client who hasn't replied in weeks. They replied immediately, but I'd forgotten to delete the part where I called them "The Ghost of Projects Past." Now I’m praying for either forgiveness… or just more ghosting. FML
Today, while at work at a maternity and baby clothes store, I was supposed to send out an email about our "Beat the Clock" sale. After it was sent to over 500 people, I realized that I'd misspelled the subject line. It read, "Beat the Cock Sale." FML
Today, on my way out to go on vacation, I set up an out-of-office auto-reply on my work email, which said: “Gone fishing. Don’t bother me unless someone dies.” The first person to receive it was a client whose grandfather had just passed away. He wasn't best pleased, judging by the angry email he sent in response. FML
Today, I accidentally emailed the entire company everyone's salary, sales history, and the names of four people I intended to fire. FML
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stryder9090 28
At least you didn't type Absinthe
cheshirecat13242 32
Oops. Not fully recovered?
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cheshirecat13242 32
Oops. Not fully recovered?
neilstinston111 1
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Maybe they will be absense from you after they read it.
Big_Bear99 19
Still a very important topic to talk about OP.
stryder9090 28
At least you didn't type Absinthe
lexiieeex3 32
Hey, it is St. Patrick's Day
Lenora_Cain 25
just a typo op, you'll be fine
lexos 16
Always check important emails before you send them
fakedsincerity 32
when they reply just put a quick line apologising for the typo. no big deal. if your messages are usually full of good grammar and spelling they'll know it was just a mistake. (:
HyperTek 16
Absense means nothing, it's a simple typo why is that a FML?
Mathalamus 25
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
How do you make these typos at all in something important? Don't you guys quadruple check it for obvious reasons?
GhostFox 34
After spending who knows how long writing and reviewing something, small errors like this can be missed because your brain is hyper aware of what you meant, and automatically corrects it as you read. Meaning you think you did things right until you take a break and come back to it, which isn't an option in some cases, like when the document you are writing is an apology for your already troubling lack of communication.
ApparentlyNotEno 28
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
If anyone asks, just tell them you had your computer set to US English... :-P
Arkham_Callabero 15
It's a spelling mistake everyone makes them you don't need to find an excuse for it.
Miss_Whipped 43
Not to mention it's spelled "absence" in the US as well.