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Ever clicked on Reply to all when you didn't mean too? How about sending an email to a receipient you didn't mean to because of autocomplete. There is no way you fucked up this bad.

Imagine sending something offensive to the "standard press release" mailing list by mistake.

OUCH! I did that once but not that bad.

Someone sent an email that was basically a Kudos for someone doing a job well done, but the gist of the message was "thanks to X for going above and beyond the call of duty to service the customer"

To which I replied: "Dang, what kind of service was he doing?!" to ALL

We recently had a inter-departmental project that involved going through a particular vendor. Emails were passed around until it was forgotten that the vendor was in the reply-all list that was being used. Apparently a number of the participants were a bit cheesed at said vendor for a previous failure to deliver, and listed in great detail how crap they were. The vendor called by our office the other day to tell one of my co-workers (one not involved in the complaining) that they had been privy to all of the talk. My co-worker quickly and discreetly notified the other participants.

Of course, the really rude participant turned around and fired off the snarkiest comment yet, just for the vendor's benefit, and using the list that would insure they received it.

I did something similar.

Back when the Segway scooter (aka: Ginger) was only available via online auction, and the price was well over $100,000, I did a reply to all on an email I received.

Unfortunately, my hand must have bumped the "up arrow" key on my keyboard as I reached for the mouse, because it moved up one email and that's what I replied to.

So... I sent to everyone in my organizational group (including the Sr. Vice President)

"Hell... for $100,000, I'd toss your fat butt in a red wagon and haul you anywhere you wanted to go, up to 17 miles per day".

That was immediately followed up (once all the "out of office" replies came in making me realize what I'd just done) with the following email.

"Please disregard the previous message. My brain is on vacation.

If anyone needs me, I'll be under my desk in the fetal position for the rest of the day".

When the Sr. VP came over, pointed at me, and did the best Nelson Muntz "HA-HA!" I've ever heard, I knew I was still employed.

Best office story EVAR!

Heh... someone here at work just sent this email out to the company domestic mailing list.

That means it went out to every office of our company in the USA (and we're all over the place... it's a lot!).

Oops!

They're all kinds of embarrased right now (as the virtual landslide reply to all emails titled "yo dude, that's a hoax!" came pouring in shortly after they hit send).

At least it wasn't me this time!