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15 Worst Autocorrect Mistakes People Have Sent Their Bosses
Interesting Engineering ^ | February 16, 2018 | Jessica Miley

Posted on 05/10/2020 12:13:30 PM PDT by Leaning Right

Something non-political and non-virus related for a change. 15 autocorrect fails are here. Some are G-rated, some are R-rated. But all are funny.

By the way, I can relate to these autocorrect fails. Back in 2016 I posted “Hildy drew a big fat line.” on Facebook. We were discussing art and sketching. It came out “Hillary is a big fat liar.” Boy, was I embarrassed!


TOPICS: Humor; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: autocorrect
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To: Leaning Right

Changing public inspector to pubic inspector is not good.


21 posted on 05/10/2020 1:08:26 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Follow your Inner Trump)
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To: Leaning Right
It came out “Hillary is a big fat liar.” Boy, was I embarrassed!

Why?

22 posted on 05/10/2020 1:09:47 PM PDT by libertylover (Socialism will always look good to those who think they can get something for nothing.)
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To: Leaning Right

Autocorrect screws me so often I call it auto-corrupt. (Was going to say it screws me so often I call it ‘hon’)


23 posted on 05/10/2020 1:13:38 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Leaning Right

As a low level support engineer at Microsoft long ago, I needed to send an email to my boss about an irate beta customer (ya go ahead and post the MS beta jokes now).

By mistake I send the email to BILLG@MICROSOFT.COM. My boss’ email was one letter difference. At the time I sent it I didn’t know what I’d done.

A little later my boss called me in his office. Big smile on his face he said, “You know you sent that email to Bill Gates, right?”

Ah, no.

Turns out Bill Gates got it, knew it was meant for my boss and added his input.

Thought for sure I was fired :)


24 posted on 05/10/2020 1:14:21 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Obama Covid Liar Corrupt)
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To: Leaning Right

That’s why I have a seven second send delay on my texting application (Chomp)


25 posted on 05/10/2020 1:17:38 PM PDT by greenishness
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To: Leaning Right

A guy I worked with - pretty stuffy and self-important - his last name was Reinecke. It would ALWAYS correct his name to RedNeck . He was anything but.


26 posted on 05/10/2020 1:17:57 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: libertylover
> It came out “Hillary is a big fat liar.” Boy, was I embarrassed! Why? <

The person I was talking to was my good friend Chelsea Clinton.


27 posted on 05/10/2020 1:22:37 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right
My nephew used to read me auto correct errors he's seen.My favorite one was a young guy who met a girl that he had come to really care about and he wanted to let her know how much she meant to him so he texted her saying “you're the first girl who's ever made me think of the Fuhrer”...instead of “future”.
28 posted on 05/10/2020 1:27:20 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

> he texted her saying “you’re the first girl who’s ever made me think of the Fuhrer” <

LOL. If that guy happens to be a Republican politician, his career is over the instant that text gets out. But if he’s a Democrat, let’s all have a good laugh, then move on.


29 posted on 05/10/2020 1:35:17 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

My turn.

15 worse links ever sent on FR that have a paywall or adblocker interrupts.


30 posted on 05/10/2020 1:48:44 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (When we look to government to solve our problems, our "rights" become reduced to "privileges".)
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To: Leaning Right

In my work, I type a lot of email, and always end with “Regards,” but for some reason, I type more than there is any logical reason to make a mistake, “Retards,”

One of these days, one of them is going to make it out the door.


31 posted on 05/10/2020 1:58:08 PM PDT by rlmorel (The Coronavirus itself will not burn down humanity. But we may burn ourselves down to be rid of it.)
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To: Leaning Right

Might be good for a laugh, but I don’t disable my adblocker for any site.


32 posted on 05/10/2020 2:26:53 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel; Mastador1

> paywall or adblocker interrupts <

I didn’t notice that at all. I wonder if the site is hiccuping because of too many visits.


33 posted on 05/10/2020 2:43:22 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

These are just not believable.


34 posted on 05/10/2020 2:48:15 PM PDT by Real Cynic No More (Make America Great. Prosecute Dems who break the law!)
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To: Leaning Right

It wasn’t an autocorrect, but about 20 years ago, I sent an email to the key contact at the largest customer of the company I worked for.

I don’t remember what it was but it was one of those things that couple be taken two ways. I wrote something and he read something completely different.

A couple hours later I got a panicked call from my boss wondering just what I told the guy.

This was before smart phones and I was gone for the day. I had a pretty sleepless night trying to figure out just what I wrote.

The next day, I reread my sent email and realized how he took it. As soon as time zones allowed, I called him to clarify. He told me that he re-read it and realized what I was actually trying to say. All was good. but it gave me a life lesson that it’s not always possible to convey style and vernacular on an email or text.


35 posted on 05/10/2020 3:36:01 PM PDT by cyclotic (The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
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I was stuck in traffic and going to be late for our staff meeting so I voice emailed my manager and said, "traffic is bad, I'm going to be late, I sent my notes to Rick" When I got to work I looked at my phone and it said "traffic is bad, I'm going to be late, I suck my nuts to Rick" When I went into the staff meeting, I asked my manager if he was going to send me to H.R. He said "I didn't think that was what you meant" (we've worked together for 35 years...) I laughed for a week over that auto correct..🤣
36 posted on 05/10/2020 3:39:07 PM PDT by TMD (Behind Enemy Lines (SF bay area)....)
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To: Leaning Right

37 posted on 05/10/2020 3:45:45 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: Leaning Right

A few years ago I was dating a very nice woman.
One day, her granddaughter fell and hit her head.
She went to the ER to make sure she was ok.
The texting with my GF went like this:

GF: I hope she recovers soon.
Me (auto correct) I hope she DIES.

Autocorrect had changed my “DOES” to “DIES.”

I came within a nanosecond of hitting send before I saw the mistake.
phew


38 posted on 05/10/2020 3:46:35 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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I came from a town in nor California called Orick. When I first got my phone unbeknownst to me Google decided a P was more appropriate than an O.


39 posted on 05/10/2020 3:51:25 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised but It Will Be Livestreamed)
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To: Leaning Right

In the early 1980’s I was 26 years old and had just started a job as a full time business professor at the University.

A very well endowed beautiful blond asked a question and I meant to respond “Did you test your answer?”

What came out of my mouth was “Did you chest your answer?”

The 40+ students in the class lost it, laughing at me. I turned red and was speechless, had to walk out in the hallway to regain my composure.

After the class, I profusely apologized to her.. She smiled back and said it was ok.

Big sigh of relief!!!


40 posted on 05/10/2020 3:53:16 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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