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31 July 2008

You know what's not awesome? An unfortunate typo at work.
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So I was giving a presentation to my supervisor, my boss, and a few others, in a big conference room sized monitor. At one point, I was demonstrating something that required text to be entered before being submitted, so I typed "test" in the box.

But, you know, I didn't actually do that at all.

The plan was for my right index finger to press the "t" key once at the beginning of the word, and once at the end. That part went off without a hitch.

The problem came from my left index finger, which was supposed to press "es" in the middle of these two "t" presses. For whatever reason, it was a bit of the mark, and shifted a column to the left, where it ended up typing "wa" instead.

And so: "T-W-A-T"

No laughter, no uncomfortable titters. Just dead silence. I erased it and moved on.

Hope I don't have to move out...

post by: SpiffyRob at: 16:18 | 7 comments

At my last office job, my coworkers were uniformly stupid. At one staff meeting, one girl gave a presentation on how to act in staff meetings. You know, be quiet, take notes, change your cell phone settings, etc. She handed out a tip sheet with all these helpful hints. For the cell phone bit, she had written "Turn your cell phone into a vibrator."

posted by mudpuppie 31 July | 16:27

long ago, in a galaxy far far away, a young lfr composed a vitriolic rant to a colleague about being dicked around by her boss, and hit [send] only to realise she'd somehow managed to copy said boss.

thank god I was only temping...

posted by lonefrontranger 31 July | 16:32

My friend Marie in Ohio was telling me about a church ladies' day she was on where, instead of saying "ménage a trois" she said "ménage a twat".

I still don't know the context in which the topic of a ménage a trois would come up on a church ladies' day.

posted by essexjan 31 July | 16:36

HA! Years ago I worked with a thoroughly self absorbed guy who constantly spouted how great he was etc etc. He blathered to everyone endlessly about his new limited edition whatever the hell Audi TT for months. When it finally came, he sent an email out to everyone that it was here if they wanted to see it. I wrote to a coworker, also on the list, "And we care about this because.....?" and mistakenly copied him on it. I caught myself after it sent and went over and apologized even though I wished I hadn't b/c he'd probably just forget it and continue on in his self centered universe.

posted by chewatadistance 31 July | 16:58

lol, jan you know as a former Ohioan I can attest to some pretty, er, not tame conversations that went on at church camp (Bellfontaine/central area) when I was just a wee middle-school tyke, so yea, I'd have to say that we Ohioans are quite capable of intermingling the concepts of "church" and "deviant".

posted by lonefrontranger 31 July | 17:04

When I worked as a phone-up tech support guy for a hotels software company, i would routinely email the client as ask if they wanted the documentation that specifically covered their issue. Then I would email back and let the person know when to expect the package via FedEx. So, this one time I did that, assuring the manager of one multi-million dollar hotel chain that I would "shit that right out to her."

Dyslexia is fun.

posted by MonkeyButter 31 July | 17:15

If you have an employee at your construction business, and his name is Jack, and he won't be working on Friday, don't write that down on the office desk calendar as "Jack Off."

No, I didn't do it, but my churchgoing co-worker did.

(We laughed till we cried. And then quickly worded the information differently.)

posted by bunnyfire 31 July | 17:38

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