# Share your office memo gaffes here!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 18, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311 "2003-03-18T17:07:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/1 "2003-03-18T17:07:18Z")
A co-worker of mine got an email this morning from a manager in another department that contained a list of items to be discussed in a conference call. One of the items was as follows:
- **Sir Charges** on calling card calls
Bwaaaahahahahaha!! ::snort::
The urge to respond with smartassery was very strong, but she managed to contain herself and be content with the knowledge that the email was copied to a number of higher-ups. đ
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/2 "2003-03-18T17:34:51Z")
The publishing company I work for (called "EveComCo for purposes of this thread) recently bought a magazine called _American [Whatever]_ (again, for purposes of this thread).
This new was e-mailed to everyone in the company, but the âsubjectâ line on the e-mail was truncated to read, âEveComCo has purchased America . . . .â
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### Author:  [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/3 "2003-03-18T18:48:41Z")
Not so much a memo, but on one of our major publications that is distributed statewide, we routinely publish the names of sponsors and affiliates. One of them is a local restaurant. Proudly displayed in bold lettering (for 3 years, before anyone noticed!) we claimed alliance with:
Marie Livingstonâs Streak House
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### Author:  [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/4 "2003-03-18T18:49:19Z")
A little personal experience here⌠âPublicâ very easily becomes âPubicâ and spellchecker wonât help one bit.
'Nuff said about that đ
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/5 "2003-03-18T19:07:15Z")
We have an extremely attractive gal here that works in the billing department. My PC was on the fritz and I needed her to âputâ in my time for me.
However, I emailed her and accidentally asked her to pat me down for 9 hours that day.
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### Author:  [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/6 "2003-03-18T19:22:05Z")
Well there was a little typo in a brochure that I created. In touting the experience of our mechanics:
âOur technicians have over 500 combined years of sexperienceâ
Thankfully that version never made it to the printers.
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/7 "2003-03-18T19:30:23Z")
Somebody at my company once sent out an email with a Christmas party announcement. The email had lots of HTML bells and whistles, and weighed in at about 4 mb.
He sent it to 400 people.
Then he noticed it had a typo in it, so he corrected it and resent it.
3.2 GB of email in about 20 seconds. The guys from the IT department went by his desk and had a little chat with him once they figured out who slagged half our mail serversâŚ
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### Author:  [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/8 "2003-03-18T19:32:36Z")
On the applications for appointed counsel that my prospective clients are required to fill out before they get a free lawyer, there is a section where they are supposed to list their charges. I had one guy write âbad checks (Mr. Meaner)â. I had another one attempt to spell âmarijuanaâ several times, mark through all of the attempts, and finally write âpossession of weedâ. And I wonât even try to tell you how many people spell âburglaryâ âbuggeryâ.
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And **Coward,** , I did get a letter addressed to "The Pubic Defender" once. I took it to the presiding Judge and told him that if I was going to have to do that, I wanted a raise.
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### Author:  [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/9 "2003-03-20T03:59:24Z")
Someone at work today asked âwho has more clot, me or Danâ
Neither are hemophiliacs, but one has a PHD
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### Author:  [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/10 "2003-03-20T04:32:52Z")
When I worked at TI a memo went around informing everyone that we were going to have mandatory staff meetings the first Tuesday of each week.
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### Author:  [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/11 "2003-03-20T04:39:45Z")
Not a memo, a work related e-mail.
One of our sales guys asked former (big jerk of a) cow-orker to send him a digital copy of a diagram so he could forward it to a client. My (big jerk of a) cow-orker sent him the diagram. The sales guy forwarded it to his client, but didnât check the body of the message first.
Months later, while cleaning out his Sent Mail folder, he took a closer look. The body of the message, which had been sent along to the client said:
âHereâs the graphic for that f\*\*king putz!â
That explains why we never heard back from our (former) client.
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### Author:  [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/12 "2003-03-20T06:23:30Z")
My co-worker, a new intern from Japan, was asked to type up spec notes for a building.
A bad mistake was made when it was sent to the printers without being checked.
_every_where in the set, one could find âGenital Notesâ, instead of" General Notes".
:eek:
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### Author:  [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/13 "2003-03-20T06:28:25Z")
oh, and how about this one. Itâs not quite what the OP asked for, but it fits in:
My husband went to pick up a disk of logos from a client.
He got the cd and went back to the office.
oops.
The cd was the manâs meticulously kept porn collection.
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### Author:  [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2003, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/14 "2003-03-20T08:57:59Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Eats\_Crayons \*
> \*\*
> That explains why we never heard back from our (former) client. \*\*
Did either of your coworkers get dismissed for that gaffe?
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### Author:  [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2003, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/15 "2003-03-20T09:15:39Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by JThunder \*
> \*\*Did either of your coworkers get dismissed for that gaffe? \*\*
She said it was a former coworker đ
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### Author:  [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2003, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/16 "2003-03-20T09:16:46Z")
My favorite was from my director at a former employer. The memo was on some new buzzwording initiative, and probably had something to do with integrating synergy with e-commerce (it being the height of âthe bubbleâ and all).
The opening clause went something like this: âIn our ongoing effort to make our job less effortlessâŚâ
Absolutely beautiful accidental honesty. Less effortless. Inspired!
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### Author:  [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/17 "2003-03-20T12:56:27Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by JThunder \*
> \*\*Did either of your coworkers get dismissed for that gaffe? \*\*
The gaffe wasnât discovered until several weeks after heâd been terminated for other reasons.
The sales guy was innocent really. Heâd only been expecting a JPG file and assumed the body of the message would be empty. (Now, of course, he always checks first.)
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### Author:  [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/18 "2003-03-20T13:53:31Z")
I fill prescriptions for drug studies at my job. About a month ago, there was question as to my counting abilities, because a paitent claimed that the pill bottle they received was short X amount of pills. The situation was resolved through an inventory count, but it made me look like an idiot who canât count.
Well, yesterday, I sent an email to all of the principle investigators regarding some new information. I had a numbered list of things that needed to be put into effect. How did I number them, you ask? Why, like this!
**1.** blah blah blah
**2.** blah blah blah
**2.** blah blah blah
**3.** blah blah blah
:rolleyes:
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### Author:  [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/19 "2003-03-20T14:19:39Z")
A few years ago my company gave out mouse pads to celebrate our partnership with a new client. The pads had the logos of the two companies on them and in big letters read âBuilding a Team of Exellence.â Yes, âexellence.â Within a few minutes, a manager came around to retrieve the mistakes. I smuggled mine out the back door and proudly use the mouse pad to this day.
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### Author:  [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-office-memo-gaffes-here/162311/20 "2003-03-20T15:05:35Z")
Not quite the same, but I have a textbook that was originally in German. They obviously hired a translator who was a German major and not a chemist or other science major, as the phrase ânull modemâ in German was translated into âzero modemâ for English.
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