Work: Today, I marked 600 emails in my gmail inbox as spam and it will... - FML

By Anonymous - 02/01/2009 04:34 - France

Today, I marked 600 emails in my gmail inbox as spam and it will take me hours to go through and unmark them. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/11/2010 05:02 - United States

Today, I went through my spam folder. I found out that I'd received several emails telling me that I have been sending emails containing essays for a class of mine to the wrong address. The term ended yesterday. FML

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By SonjaPea - 27/08/2021 21:01 - United Kingdom - Stevenage

Today, I spent 5 hours working on emails for work in a desperate attempt to get back on top of my task list. Having written about 45 emails waiting in my outbox to go out first thing Monday morning, Outlook has "stopped responding". I might've just lost them all and worked through the day for nothing. FML

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Triage

By Anonymous - 16/12/2020 05:02 - Germany - Emden

Today, I realised that Gmail has been sending lots of important messages directly into the spam folder, where I never saw them. All were from people who I had either contacted myself, or had regular contact with in the past. One address even had a filter on it, specifying, "Never send it to spam." FML

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By Anonymous - 26/01/2013 01:04 - Australia - Brisbane

Today, my boss put me on suspension for violating company policy by having non-work related mail in my inbox. They were spam emails. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/12/2012 23:16 - United Kingdom - Bridgwater

Today, I sent an email to my boss saying I'd fixed a glitch in our mail servers. He called me later, angrily shouting that I'd done a piss-poor job of fixing it, because my email had spammed his inbox with several hundred duplicate messages. FML

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The past that suits you best

By Anonymous - 24/10/2020 02:03 - United States - Pittsburgh

Today, I found out that sorting and deleting old unnecessary emails to free up space meant reliving the most horrific memories I've ever experienced. Worse yet, I have to keep certain old messages in case these things ever come up again. FML

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By loserman - 16/02/2009 22:19 - United States

Today, I accidentally deleted my entire email inbox. Everything from the last 3 years. EV-ER-Y-THING. FML

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That'll explain it

By Unemployed - 03/10/2009 02:23 - United States

Today, I checked my email for the hundredth time, hoping to hear back from a potential employer about a job I really want. No response. Why? My email with resume attached has been sitting in my Outbox for the past week. I never actually sent it out in the first place. FML

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Monday Monday, so good to me…

By Anonymous - 27/06/2023 02:00 - Australia

Today, my 73 year-old coworker has made a mountain of work for me to plough through due to her incompetence. I had to work through over 400 emails, since she thought unplugging the router would help, and in doing so, I have picked up on hundreds of mistakes she has made with clients, and had to apologise to each one. FML

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The ole answer/forward conundrum

By Master's_degree_in_failure - 17/10/2020 22:30

Today, I "answered" an email instead of "forwarding" it. As a result, there is a chance that my Master's thesis supervisor gets a message from me starting by the F-word, and complaining about my bad work and inability to understand a deadline. FML

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smileyawhiley 0

Saturday 28 February 2009 21:47

hrmmm ... that sucks. but you can definatley unselect all .:P

skatingweasel 0

Monday 23 March 2009 6:55

Gmail has this awesome thing called "undo" after you mark something as spam. Or really anything

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nynjapyrate 0

Wednesday 9 June 2010 6:09

dumbass... unselect all? I think so

dioxyde420 0

Sunday 27 June 2010 0:25

or hit select all twice.... damn

eehizle 0

Thursday 22 July 2010 19:13

congratulations?

iamsam2 3

Tuesday 31 August 2010 14:57

wat a spaz u r

XxMoonGirlAshomi 0

Sunday 7 November 2010 17:54

sad

dabugera 0

Tuesday 11 January 2011 20:32

text me?

cheyenne19 0

Thursday 25 August 2011 10:25

go write your own fml.

Voldy_fml 16

Tuesday 17 January 2012 15:33

Wow, FYL for NOT knowing about undo, not for your original FML. And also, there's a "Select all" button. Ever heard of it?

xWITNESS_xX 0

Saturday 8 September 2012 5:22

I have 10,000+ emails in my inbox ... about 8000 unread. I did a 'minor' clean out a few months ago and deleted around 2000 (I was sitting at about 9k then, after clean up. They really rack up quick :|

NiceGuysDoWin 21

Tuesday 11 February 2014 5:44

Can we please have a "this is crap" and "this is awesome" option in addition to "FML" and "YDI"? So many of these don't really qualify as either of the available options.

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Today, I spent an hour at work trying to make a tortoise poo. When he finally did, I was so excited and felt pretty triumphant. Then I realized that my job was to make animals drop their load. FML

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Today, my mother-in-law said I wasn't the type she expected her son to marry, as he's always dated cheerleaders and model types. I must have looked offended, so she added, "I mean they weren't smart like you." So, I might be smart but I'm the ugliest girl my husband has ever been with. FML

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Today, I had to take an oral examination. I made it to the last part of the exam, then violently threw up in the middle of my answer. FML

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Today, I went to get a tattoo. I decided on getting my four month daughter's name tattooed on my upper arm. I went home to show my wife. She broke down and told me that I'm most likely not the father. It's a toss-up between her co-worker, the guy who does our lawn, several strangers and me. FML

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Today, I paid a surprise visit to my parents, after having moved out for university last year. My room had been stripped bare and all the family photos featuring me were missing from the wall. When I asked why, my mom asked me in return why I was asking stupid questions. FML

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