When Typos Go Wild
Case #1
I sort of work in a magazine publishing house and we get emails from subscribers. One day…
Male colleague: Check this out. This woman works for a company called Pubic Lice.
*Pause*
Me: Did you just say Pubic Lice?
Male colleague: Yup.
Me: Are you sure?
Male colleague: Yes!
Cue crazy Google session which, as you can probably imagine, yielded lots of nasty results about actual pubic lice and nothing about any advertising company by that name.
Ten minutes later…
Male colleague: Oh! She’s from Publicis, not Pubic Lice! That was a typo.
Me: That’s one hell of a typo.
And there was much hysterical laughter to be had.
Case #2
I used to work in a company that had offices all over Singapore. Once, I had to send some documents to a colleague in a different office so I told her to email her office address to me.
Five minutes later, I received her email. Her office was in Tampines, but instead of Tampines, she had written Tampons in her email. No kidding. I immediately replied to the email and told her to confirm the address. She replied with the same address again, so I called her.
Me: Hey, are you sure you sent me the correct address?
Female colleague: Of course.
Me: Why don’t you check again?
*Pause*
Female colleague: Oh my god.
Me: I thought so too.
Female colleague: This is so embarrassing!
Me: Is it that time of the month? Were you thinking of your shopping list when you were writing that email? Gee.
This was followed by some TMI conversation which I’d spare you from. At the end of the chat, we both realised that I could just dispatch the documents to her through internal mail thus omitting the need for her full address. Major duh.
So boys and girls, always check your emails before you send them out, especially to complete strangers. You don’t want your typos to cause grievous bodily harm such as dying or serious internal bleeding from laughing too much, do you?
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What does it mean that you sort of work in a publishing company? I would think if you show up and get paid, you do work there. Sort of. I think.
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Ha! You’re right.
Lis, you lead such a fun filled life! I am jealous!
Rudy’s last blog post..Smashingly Good
Typos sure can be fun sometimes!
It’s sich a shame when pipple don’t prufread theyre work. Makez them luk unprofesional.
wolf’s last blog post..Voices
For a second there I thought you were talking about nipples.
Ha! I used to have the title of Director of Public Awareness for an organization. Had that typo more than once, from and and from others! It made me very paranoid–no one wants to be the Director of Pubic Awareness.
Deb on the Rocks’s last blog post..Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Advertising
LMAO! So as Director of Pubic Awareness, do you advocate a full brazillian or au natural?
Get ready, I am coming to work in your office!!!
Michael C’s last blog post..Talk About Getting Tanked
Awesome! Make sure you wear a name tag and sing Copacabana on your first day!
OMG that’s so funny! That reminds me of what my roommate did recently. She was writing an email to her manager or someone important at her company. At the end of the email, she meant to say ‘Regards, xxx’, but instead, she put, ‘Retards, xxx’!
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HAHA! Did the recipient say anything about it?
re linda: i did the same once. it was an email to an idiot client of ours who had just dropped a major problem on my head due to an error on their end. thank god i caught it before it went out.
didn’t stop me from telling my colleagues that i wished i had sent it out, typo and all. =P
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Hi Karyn, I think we all wish that at one time or another - especially when the person addressed is frustratingly stupid. :P
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I think I need to make that mistake “accidentally” and see if anyone notices. Heh.
Why does your office sound so much funner than mine?
Geez, the people over here have gotten near ‘fisticuffs’ over spelling and grammar issues. I think we might have an actual shooting if there was a TYPO.
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Wow, that’s extreme!
This is more of a Freudian slip, but I once asked for a “Mexican Penis” instead of “Mexican Pizza” at Taco Bell.
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Okay, you cannot just tell me something like this and leave me hanging! What was the staff’s reaction?
I used to write resumes and practically lose sleep over typos; missing a misspelling of the word “public” could have led to the demise of my business.
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Oh, I can certainly imagine!
Years ago, a friend of mine was working as a waitress on the late, late shift. She took a lot of guff from the drunks that would come in, but she also did a lot of flirting around. She must have being doing the latter, along with some fantasizing, when she repeated one man’s order back to him and confirmed that he wanted a French Dick sandwich…er, French Dip. ;)
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Ha! Was the man French?
Now, don’t think that was a typo for my last blog post and that I meant to say suppositories! LOL I can just hear the dialog now…”Honey, I think your family tree is full of chit”. :)
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This is truly funny. It does make sense to recheck our typing … especially with email : )
Then again … without things like this, life will be boring!
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Ha! You’re right!
Geez, the people over here have gotten near ‘fisticuffs’ over spelling and grammar issues. I think we might have an actual shooting if there was a TYPO.