Ruin My Week
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Accidentally pressed “correct all” instead of “cancel” when spellchecking a feature I’d written about a local businesswoman. The next day I got a call from her husband asking why The Birmingham Post had printed an article naming his wife “Natasha Psychopath”.
— Joanna Geary ⚡️ (@JoannaG) May 3, 2018
12.
Painting a barn. Frustrated with malfunctioning paint sprayer.
Write “Fuck this shit” on exterior wall with said sputtering sprayer in large red letters.
Fix sprayer while paint dries. Paint over message 23 times.
Message still visible 20 years later. https://t.co/8Mu7refUNh— Les Perreaux (@perreaux) May 6, 2018
13.
I worked in an aquarium and was doing a Starfish handling session. A group of people in purple tshirts approached and I asked them if they ‘wanted to have a stroke’. Turns out they were the Stroke Association! I tried to correct myself with ‘of the starfish’ but it was too late.
— Meg De Mar (@sharkbaitplays) May 3, 2018
14.
Working at small agency & our big client was Greenpeace. An email came in from supporter asking what we were going to do about saving the whales. Sent group email to office saying “the plan is to eat them – the white meat of the sea” And yes accidentally sent it to supporter…
— Rob Manuel – Follow @fesshole now! (@robmanuel) May 3, 2018
15.
I dropped a glass of red wine on the head of a very blonde baby when I worked at Olive Garden. https://t.co/UHNbv0GRbt
— The Hermit (@tristanreveur) September 2, 2019
16.
A short story to read over your lunch: pic.twitter.com/yPG8MRDRKd
— Ben Boyer (@sleezsisters) November 21, 2014
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Jokingly typed “It’s OK, I had him killed” in a work group Skype chat. Accidentally clicked wrong send button, sent it as an SMS with no context to 500+ individual employees, including the CEO of each office around the globe https://t.co/dL0ZyRjQti
— Chris Applegate (@chrisapplegate) May 3, 2018
18.
Served a customer an undercooked bacon roll. He angrily returned it. I made him another, but in my panic and shame cut my finger. Bled into the roll, all over bacon. It was the last bacon we had. Served him it anyway to look lowkey. Watched him eat my blood.
— Andy Hill (@AndyHillWrites) May 3, 2018
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Not me, but my favourite is a friend who worked at a gardening magazine. They ran a double spread of poisonous & safe-to-eat wild British mushrooms, but got the labels the wrong way around. All the poisonous ones marked as safe & vice versa☠️🤦♀️
— Alice Ralph (@alicaurusrex) May 3, 2018
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First ever office job. In the post room with a golden retriever curled up in the corner. Assumed it was an office pet or something so took it for a walk at lunch. Came back to find the distressed blind typist being comforted by several colleagues. https://t.co/iD1WPPUqhx
— stabilo (@stabiloFFC) May 3, 2018
