Hey Ellie,
I just got this e-mail sent back to me from someone at work (I must have cc'd her by accident because I was looking up her phone number) letting me know that I sent it to her by accident. How embarrassing! At least she's a nice person...Good thing all I was talking about was candy...So there's another idea for your blog discussions. E-mails accidentally sent to the wrong people....
Christine
Seems to me Christine was a wee bit distracted by all the candy she had
And it also seems to me it's a good thing for Christine. Because I never have to think of topics for the Weekend 3-Ways I'm in charge of anymore.
(Hey Christine! I need an idea for December 5!)
So. Let's hear it. Emails accidentally sent to the wrong people. Dish it.
Ellie:
Well, I have one. A terrible one. An awful one. I was going on a business trip to Miami with my boss Deborah, as was our wont. I wrote an email to my friend Denise, complaining about Deborah and how she was driving me crazy and we had to do everything together when we went away together and I wish I could get some peace from her. And then I sent the email. To Deborah. Whoops! I mean, it wasn't an email about Halloween candy, it was an email about Deborah. And a bad one. We made up, eventually, but it has scarred me for life.
Jacquie:
My most frequent e-mail faux pas happen whenever my family tries to make me keep a secret. (Just in case you are wondering, faux pas is the plural of faux pas, but when you use it as a plural, you pronounce the s! I looked it up). As I was saying, my e-mail screw ups are usually a family affair. We try to be really obvious and careful by making the subject really obvious and gigantic in caps, like "SISTERS ONLY" or "READ AND THEN DELETE" or the most frequently used: "DO NOT FORWARD TO ELLIE!" And I get nervous whenever we try something like this, because I always ruin it. Most notably, there was the time I ruined mom's
Beth:
Well I have been searching and searching for what is probably the most embarrassing email faux pas I've made, but I cannot seem to locate it via any search I've tried. Actually Jacquie was the one who tipped me off to my mistake. Somehow, and I'm still not sure how or why this happened, I sent an email, one reply of a very long email chain between me and my now husband, the entirety of which was blessedly NOT sent, to one of the preschool teachers that worked for Jacquie at the time.
The teacher was very confused and actually approached Jacquie to tell her, saying something like, "the email mentioned both dogshit and quickies; I don't think it was intended for me."
Probably not, Lulu. And sorry!
But because I cannot locate the hilarious details (because I do realize the above does not come across as funny or mortifying), I'll relate another very bad email mistake I made, years ago, at work.
At the publishing company I work for we have hundreds of authors that write for us plus an editorial board of approximately 40 people. We try to keep these editorial board members happy and we're always very solicitous and helpful when communicating with them. However, some of them are a pain in the ass. One in particular was requiring more than his fair share of attention, and I was very un-professionally attempting to forward his most recent ludicrous email to my co-worker. I had, of course, pointed out all the annoying things about the email, and added more comments about his overall demeanor before hitting REPLY instead of FORWARD. Oh Shit!!
I knew I was done for, even though I frantically attempted to retrieve the email using some Microsoft function that never works.
I then had to fess up to my boss, because the editor had every right to tell him what a little shit I was. Luckily, my boss laughed and told me I'd have to dig my way out by myself if he ever replied to the email. Which he did not. He did not!!
Oh Ellie, that is a bad one. When did you realize your mistake? Must have been such an awkward trip!
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Jacquie, I walked into Deborah's office that very afternoon, and she said such weird and oblique things that I finally asked "what's going on?" and she told me I sent her an email not meant for her. Awdward!
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E.
But maybe not as bad as Beth's?
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E.
I've had my share of bad ones, but this one wasn't mine: A person who worked for me wrote a long message to a friend; the message was very derogatory about one of my clients and, in particular, one specific person. Of course, the email was sent to that person by mistake. My choice was to lose the client or lose the staffer.
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