Not a typo, but I once sent a wedding planning question to opposing counsel because his name was similar to my wedding planner's. He sent back a funny response and I didn't pick up on what I had done, so I doubled down by sending a second email politely but firmly requesting a serious response. Thank goodness he had a sense of humor and was a decent person because I was beyond mortified when I finally realized what I had done.
ETA: making the situation worse was the fact that my question pertained to my MIL being a huge pain with the guest list, so it involved a personal issue. Awful.
ETA: So actually, this was a typo; it just happened to be in the "To" line.
Post by cinnamoncox on Aug 29, 2012 5:57:39 GMT -5
Yes, I thought I was typing "list" to a client but auto correct (it was a text) turned it into "lust" and I sent it before I caught it It is a male client He was gracious about it luckily
Post by orangeblossom on Aug 29, 2012 7:05:36 GMT -5
So embarrassed. I just did this the other day. The subject was supposed to say "Edition" but instead I typed "Addition". I'm not sure what I was thinking. The bad thing is I pored over the body of the email a thousand times and never saw the incorrect subject line. Oh well. I'll be more diligent from now on.
I've done the classic public/pubic mistake. Luckily it was caught one level above me, but before it went out.
3 weeks ago, I published a document that said dirvers (drivers). I blame the lawyer who added that line, with typo, and has her settings to not check automatically. So when I got it back, I did "accept all changes" and sent it out. No red squiggly! It's usually not worth reading what the lawyers do bc you can't argue with them.
Post by beachdweller on Aug 29, 2012 8:05:25 GMT -5
I've done the "public/pubic" thing too. Except it wasn't caught and I filed a brief with the error in it in federal court. Big heading that said something like "Plaintiff's Claim Fails Under the Pubic Disclosure Doctrine." Of course, the opposing side did a "sic" when responding just to rub it in. Never did that again.
I haven't done it, but I've seen it. I work in local government and in my office, we all are hyper aware of it. I frequently do a word search for "pubic" before calling a long document 'finished.'
I haven't done it, but I've seen it. I work in local government and in my office, we all are hyper aware of it. I frequently do a word search for "pubic" before calling a long document 'finished.'
I am still so paranoid by the error (made 8 or 9 years ago) that I did this too!
Post by gogreengowhite on Aug 29, 2012 9:10:54 GMT -5
Oh, I have another one. My co-worker's computer auto corrected a customer name to Gay. She only saw it after she pressed send. Thankfully it was only internal and she ran over to tell them it was a mistake.
For some reason, when I use swype to type "prof" on my phone in Outlook it autocorrects to "porn" so I need to be very careful to not sign emails to students as "Porn Jaybird"
For some reason, when I use swype to type "prof" on my phone in Outlook it autocorrects to "porn" so I need to be very careful to not sign emails to students as "Porn Jaybird"
Yeah, right, for SOME reason. ;-)
This wouldn't have been too bad, but I was texting my boss something that started out, "It's a longshot..." and it autocorrected to "longshoreman." I caught it before it sent, though.
I interviewed someone who spelled the name of her graduate school wrong consistently on her vita -- like in multiple instances.
I thought I was responding to my H but it was actually one of the building services guys when I reminded him to pack our dirty underwear (visiting parents for the weekend, our washing machine was broken). It was about a week before he could look at me without laughing.
At a previous job in a long-term care pharamcy (pharmacy for nursing homes), we were correcting medical administration records (MARs) that had come back from the nursing homes. Now MARs aren't just used for meds, they're used for anything that's on a schedule. The tech was supposed to type "Shave q am" (shave every morning), but instead typed "Shove q am." I still giggle when I picture some old man sitting in his wheelchair, minding his own business, when out of the blue a nurse shoves him and just keeps walking. Every morning.
Post by thatgirl2478 on Aug 29, 2012 12:02:22 GMT -5
This is a direct copy/paste from a former coworkers husband. His response to the initial email is at the top in italics:
Associates:
It is clear in the attached series of communications that we must emphasize the importance of comporting ourselves as sensitize, respectful and professional business citizens. We must be cognizant and diligent in avoiding a climate that would expose our employees to sexual harassment issues. We must conduct ourselves as business professionals and avoid the temptation to act like a crew of Buccaneers.
Effective immediately we will no longer rape, flounder, but up or foil (no matter if the shape is “rounder”) anyone or anything. Anything will fail when treated in this manner! In addition, I fully expect and hope that a “team” is not required to insure the quality of an individual’s prepuce. If this problem exists, the individual in question should privately seek immediate medical attention.
Repenting is acceptable. However, I would encourage the team to avoid the temptation of the aforementioned sins.
Unacceptable Communications:
Today I connected a 2nd pair of wires using an old bell, which had been our analog pear. Punched RJ-48 plug at smart jack end RJ-48 surface mount jack next to DSS-III. At first, the technician said it worked from both locations.
Hung up after I connected DSS to rounder (router) the technician she said it failed.
Went to each telephone terminal for the extended drop and repented wires cut and used clean connection.
Put fairide beads on rounder (router) signal cables Raped rounder in foil and grounds all at one end.
Still rounder failed test.
After some delay got the technician on line and we found but up problem and corrected it. Then I told extended jack doesn't work but when plugged into smart jack we pass! Same thing happened when we used the DSU pairs!
I will pass this Gemini Alert information on to our FRU team for quality control prepuces thank you for letting us know.
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In case you don't know, here's a link to the definition of 'prepuces'
I've shared this one before, but it's been a while, and "Bachelor o Farts" reminded me... I've had reason to type "Stuttgart" on a somewhat regular basis in work correspondence. Problem is, my fingers always want to type it "Stuttfart."
I've been the recipient of all sorts of unfortunate typos or misused words, as about half of my work correspondence is with colleagues in Busan, Tokyo, Beijing, and Amsterdam, all of whom speak English quite well but still aren't perfect at choosing the right word. Can't fault them, since I sure don't speak any Korean, Japanese, Chinese, or Dutch!