Miscellaneous: Today, I was preparing a dinner for some business associates,...

By wordmalfunction - 25/05/2009 21:42 - United Kingdom

Today, I was preparing a dinner for some business associates, in hopes of closing the deal on a promotion. I emailed them with the menu, in case there were any allergies. Hours later, I checked the email again to find that instead of serving the Roast Duck I would be serving the Roast Fuck. FML

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By Mels - 06/01/2014 20:57 - United States - Boston

Today, I found a great recipe for dinner, and emailed it to myself with the subject "Dinner tonight". Hours later, I'd forgotten all about it, opened my emails, saw the subject line, and thought someone was asking me out to dinner. I got really excited until I saw the sender address. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/01/2023 16:30

Today, I was going to surprise my partner with a romantic dinner, but when I got home I realized I had forgotten the main ingredient: the food. FML

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Big Brother shopping task IRL

By Anonymous - 19/10/2023 07:30 - Germany

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

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By Whoopsx99 - 30/01/2010 19:21 - United States

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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By knife knife - This FML is from back in 2016 but it's good stuff - United Kingdom - Dalkeith

Today, I ate out, even though I was tired. When my main course arrived, I realised I had sent both my forks away with the starter plate. Rather than say anything, I ate dinner with two knives. FML

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By Oops - 14/01/2010 15:55 - United States

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

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By Chefinblack - 19/10/2015 22:13 - Australia

Today, at my prestigious sous chef job, I was preparing to plate up expensive entrees for a function of 150 people. After arriving to work 2 hours early to finalize finishing touches, they call the restaurant 5 minutes before their booking stating, 'We can't be bothered anymore, sorry.' FML

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By fuckthisandfuckthatandfuckyoutoo - 28/07/2013 16:23 - United States

Today, I was preparing a customer's meal in my restaurant's kitchen, when I choked on my own saliva and went into a coughing fit. The head chef, who's always hated my guts, accused me of trying to hock a loogie into the meal and fired me on the spot. FML

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By WaitedOut - 03/10/2012 08:07 - United States - Saukville

Today, at work, I got to wait on one of those tables where everyone had very complex orders, and some of them sent their food back. When the time finally came for me to bring them their check and receive my well-earned tip, I returned only to discover that they'd dined and dashed. FML

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Mixup

By Anonymous - 06/11/2021 23:00

Today, I had to Doordash lunch, due to an important work meeting in another timezone running incredibly long. I was trying to play it cool but I was starving. Finally, I get the notification that the food had been dropped off. I looked at the picture: it was delivered to my house instead of my office. FML

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PsychoX 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 2:30

So are you male or female? This will be the determining factor of the promotion after that email.

lame9379 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 2:29

YDI for not checking your spelling before sending an important email out.

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Lackadaisy_Baby 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 3:46

To anyone saying they should've proofread - they most likely did and just missed it. It has to do with your brain and reading your own work. You know exactly what your document/e-mail/whatever is supposed to say, so you're much more likely to read it without seeing minor errors (especially when it comes to typing a similar word to the one you need vs. an outright misspelling). It's why most good English teachers will tell you to always have other people proofread your papers for you. In the case of the OP, who was writing an e-mail, there was probably no real opportunity to have anyone else look over it. In any case, it's funny as heck, and I'm sure they'll understand. :D

theluckygirl28 8

Tuesday 26 May 2009 3:52

38- WIN! also, FYL

someeguy 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 4:02

This made me laugh SO unbelievably hard!!

shan789mudge 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 4:04

I actually LOL'd =P

live_your_life_fml 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 4:07

ahaha thats so bad!! what did they say??

runwest07 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 4:11

#54 beat me to it...at least you didn't say the meal would be featuring roast DICK...

randomgirl13 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 4:14

LMAOOOOOOO!

jessxoxo28 5

Tuesday 26 May 2009 4:15

LMFAO!!!!! thats so funny! i bet they want some of that, LOL!!!!

1OBSESSION 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 4:18

Spell check would not have caught the error, so those of you who suggest using spell check clearly do not know what they are talking about.

TryToBeKind 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 4:25

Yikes! Spell check would not have gotten that one and the "f" is next to the "d". Sounds like a pretty honest mistake. I really hope that dinner makes up for the mistake.