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ABCvs

VP of Growth

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Executive
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Biggest email mistake




We have all been there. You hit send and moments later you realize that you made a mistake on that email you just sent. 

The small ones like forgetting to use the right title, spelling a name wrong, or forgetting an attachment are a dime a dozen. 

I want to know about that time you really fucked it all up. Like the time early in my career when I "forwarded" (read replied) a message to a coworker saying "I'm charging this asshole more for every subsequent meeting he makes me do" or when I sent the wrong proposal showing lower pricing to a client I assured they had the best pricing possible. 

Let's hear the best of the worst. 
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CuriousFox
WR Officer
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Respond to a VP "sure give me a sex" instead of sec one time then let's talk. 🤦‍♀️
NotCreativeEnough
Big Shot
3
Professional Day Ruiner
lol I have done this many times on accident courtesy of autocorrect. Fortunately most people are familiar with that shit. 
CuriousFox
WR Officer
3
🦊
Doesn't make it any less embarrassing tho 😂
braintank
Politicker
15
Enterprise Account Executive
I sent out a resume saying I majored in "Pubic Relations" 
funcoupons
WR Officer
7
👑
I mean, it's a real major. Lots of people's moms graduated summa cum laude.
Pachacuti
Politicker
1
They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
I used to sell to public safety. It’s a common error.
braintank
Politicker
8
Enterprise Account Executive
I made it worse by referring to my keen attention to detail in my cover letter
Sunbunny31
Politicker
4
Sr Sales Executive 🐰
I removed "attention to detail" off my resume due to similar experiences.   
DungeonsNDemos
Big Shot
0
Rolling 20's all day
How did the public take it?
funcoupons
WR Officer
10
👑
Signing off with a professional:

Kind retards,
ABCvs
Valued Contributor
2
VP of Growth
This actually made me lol. I’m going to use this “on accident” in the future
SlinginSoftware
Politicker
0
Account Executive
Omg - def have done this…
E_Money
Big Shot
5
💰
I have never made a mistake in my life.
playerone
Politicker
4
Regional Account Executive
Lmao not an email but I accidentally texted my boss what I meant to text my friend. Saw my mistake and did my best to save it haha.
ABCvs
Valued Contributor
5
VP of Growth
I told the CEO of my first start up “I love you baby” on more than one occasion via text. His name was next to my wives in my phone. He was a good sport, but still.
playerone
Politicker
0
Regional Account Executive
Lol I wonder what went through his head the first time he saw it
Jbeans
Opinionated
1
Director of Sales
Hahaha! Nice save! 

 Freaking Cathy. Always a Cathy in every bunch 😂
playerone
Politicker
0
Regional Account Executive
Oh yeah, didn’t cross her name out because f Cathy
jefe
Arsonist
4
🍁
I'm 1000% sure I've made a bunch but pretty sure I blocked them out my memory, for my sanity...
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
4
☕️
Not an email, but I have accidentally slacked the person I was talking shit about directly instead of a friend. Always awkward AF.
NotCreativeEnough
Big Shot
2
Professional Day Ruiner
sending out an incorrect quote is always the worst. Or sending it to the totally wrong person. That's the extent of big email screw ups that I can think of though. 
sketchysales
Politicker
2
Sales Manager
Read replied instead of forwarding saying "sorry there another amendment, this person is a right bitch"

Needless to say the account got given to someone else
Pachacuti
Politicker
1
They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
Had a prospect literally yell at me for 10min for NOT BCC’ing all the emails in an email blast. He thought he was the 💩and not I had shared his personal and private info (which I got from his business card) with the world.
ClutchDeluxe
Valued Contributor
1
asking people for money
I have said “love you” to many colleagues, and my boss. Probably 10 times in the last 10 years
NotCreativeEnough
Big Shot
2
Professional Day Ruiner
I say it to them on purpose. gotta make sure they know how I feel. 
ClutchDeluxe
Valued Contributor
0
asking people for money
🥰🥰🥰
Justatitle
Big Shot
1
Account Executive
Told my senior director to shut up one time because he g chatted me the same time as someone else who told me something Hysterical and I chatted back the wrong person. I explained the situation and the senior director laughed it off but for ~5 minutes I was ready to be fired.
Talesfromsales
Executive
0
Account Manager
I have two:

I signed off on email with “best retards” to a very large account early in my career.

I also replied to a customer when I meant to forward to colleague with “WTF, if they don’t answer me by Friday I’m going to Howard. (President of that distributor)” they called my boss and had me written up for foul language bc person i sent it to is very religious and was extremely offended. I tried to pass it off as “Wednesday, Thursday, Friday before I got to Howard” it did not fly but my boss laughed while he wrote me up.
handysales
Politicker
0
Enterprise Sales Lead
We have a lead gen that drops leads and their info into our sales inbox with a subject line of "New Lead!"

Usually I change the subject line and just reply in that thread, because it has their info and the message they included. 

Just had a really really hot lead come in last week and...forgot to change the subject before sending 🤬
Gasty
Notable Contributor
0
War Room Community Manager
My AE did it. She wrote "Send Your EGO" instead of "Send Your RFP". I wondered for good 20 mins why she did that, finally realising she made a keyboard boo-boo 

[letter R is right next to E, G next to F, O next to P].

P.S.: we neither got their RFP, nor their EGo

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