Je kan jezelf wel voor je kop slaan wanneer je ontdekt dat er grove taalfouten zitten in een e-mail die je net hebt verstuurd. Het wordt extra ongemakkelijk als dit soort e-mails bij leidinggevende of collega’s terechtkomen.
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1. Het begint allemaal met deze tweet van Maurice.
Hij ontvangt een e-mail waarin zijn naam verkeerd is gespeld en stuurt een geïrriteerde e-mail terug. Maar dan blijkt dat Maurice het zelf aan het verkeerde einde heeft.
most embarrassing email exchange I ever had:
– Sent an email
– They replied & called me “Mautice”
– I reply with a stink about how my name is properly spelled and that it’s actually really important to me
– They told me to check my 1st email
– I had misspelled my own name— Maurice (@mo87mo87) January 28, 2020
2. Hij is lang niet de enige die het liefst door de grond wil zakken door een typefout.
It’s ok, dude; I once sent a company-wide email & in the signature where I’d normally write “Kindest Regards,” I accidentally typed a T where the G should go 😬😬😬 I don’t think I’ve ever fully recovered from the embarrassment.
— Misty (@anglo_bones) January 28, 2020
3. Hoe maak je indruk op je collega’s?
Sluit een e-mail per ongeluk af met ‘beast’ in de plaats van ‘best’.
didn’t realize that my phone has been autocorrecting “best” to “beast” (why?!) — signed a whole slew of professional emails “Beast, Erica” #beastmode I guess?
— Erica Grace (@ericagracet) January 28, 2020
4. Dit is dubbel genânt.
Very recently sent an email to my manager Mariana, addressing her as marinara.
Also in a separate email written in French, I meant to sign off with “à très vite” meaning “see you soon”
Instead I wrote “à très bite” which roughly translates to “very dick”
— Mike Shaheen 🏳️🌈 (@givemeyourbagel) January 28, 2020
5.Wie had gedacht dat je YouTube-naam veranderen ook gelijk je e-mailnaam verandert?
At least you weren’t me, unaware that changing your YouTube username to something “anonymous” also changes the name on your email and then joining your building’s owners association meetings/mailing lists and find out they only know you as “Millennial Avocado the Unicorn Kween.”
— 🧙🏼♀️🔮🧜🏼♀️Jonina Lee🍵🍚🥊 (@JoninaLee) January 28, 2020
6. Driemaal is scheepsrecht gelukkig.
I sent an email without the attachment, noticed, sent a second email apologising for forgetting to attach the attachment, without the attachment, then wrote out a third email and genuinely came so close to sending that third email without the attachment again.
— Pier (@Pier_C_1) January 28, 2020
7. In de plaats van ‘Danielle’ eindigt het met het cryptische ‘Da Jelly’.
My phone autocorrects “Danielle” to “Da Jelly”
All. The. Time.Many, many, many (!) academic colleagues across institutions have received this incredibly odd sign off.
Interestingly, I have yet to receive an awkward reply about it…
… I wonder what they all are thinking 🤔
— Danielle Bentley (@DrDBentley) January 28, 2020
8. Een poepgeluid kan eigenlijk ook een ploppend geluid zijn.
I work in audio/video production and one time had to reach out to a service technician to report a “pooping” sound coming out of some speakers they installed.
Popping, was the word I was looking for. POPPING.
— Nothing rhymes with Larissa (@XO_LM) January 28, 2020
9. De manager laat niks langs zich heen gaan.
I once started an email with ‘I was very nice to meet you…’ instead of IT was very nice to meet you. This was a meeting with a very senior executive and I was junior staff member. My manager pointed out the mistake, and I died.
— seanna davidson (@seannalee) January 28, 2020
10. Wat hebben Mary en Ann misdaan?
I once texted my boss a couple of questions.
She answered the first, and to the second she replied, “I’ll be meeting with Mary and Ann today to discuss that.”
My reply? “Thank you for getting back to me on those two cunts.”
Counts, I meant COUNTS! 🤦🏼♀️— Shel (@Just_Shel) January 28, 2020
11. Als je slecht wil worden in e-mails schrijven, begin dan vroeg.
Don’t feel too bad. When I was in the 8th grade, I misspelled my name on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. My entire high school career I got letters and phone calls from universities for Hollz Brown
— Holly Christine (@_HollyChristine) January 28, 2020
12. Je kan ook opgezadeld worden met een verkeerde naam door iemand anders.
I once got a letter from a motorcycle company which addressed me as Scoot Jenkins.
To this day I’m not sure if this was intentional or not.
But I have a suspicion that their admin team were having a giggle at my expense. 🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴— Scott jenkins (@Sc0ttJenkins) January 28, 2020
13. Een klassiek voorbeeld van pot verwijt de ketel.
Oh I had a similar experience in my first job. I’d sent an important email to a group. My manager Mary wrote me a grumpy email explaining how imperative spell checking was and how I’d embarrassed myself and her with my two spelling errors. She signed off with “Mart”. 🙃
— E L Friesen (@elfriesen) January 28, 2020
14. Dat vragen we ons allemaal af.
I work for a private autobiography company. I once emailed a client to tell him I had sent the order to our bookbinders and he’d have his books in 3 weeks. He emailed back: “Thanks. Also intrigued to know who or what the ‘boobkinders’ are.”
— Tom for Tea (@TomforTea) January 28, 2020
15. Ze gebruikt in ieder geval wel een keurig woord ervoor.
Feel your pain. I sent an email asking my Board colleagues to “copulate” a word doc table instead of “populate”. 😬
— amrit sachar (@apksachar) January 28, 2020
16. Als je naam om de haverklap verkeerd wordt gespeld, moet je mensen gewoon een koekje van eigen deeg geven.
People often put an e on the end of my name as it can be spelt that way even though my name is on my outgoing emails. I replied to a Steve as Steeve and said here’s your e back.
— Elsie (@SlinkiiMinkii) January 28, 2020
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