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By sharni88 - 04/03/2011 07:13 - Australia

Today, while bored at work I was reading an article online about the local zoo and its animals. I received an email so quickly responded, but when signing off accidentally wrote "thanks hippo" instead of "thanks heaps". To a woman with a weight problem. Who also outranks me. FML

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By Oops - 06/02/2010 08:17 - Australia

Today, I was talking to a female friend online. She was typing out a story bit by bit about how awful she was feeling after being teased. I was responding with, "So, so true" but because of my slow typing it appeared after she wrote, "Doesn't help being fat." FML

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By Anonymous - 12/05/2022 12:00 - Australia - Batesford

Today, at 1 am, I got a message from a colleague, who I have never met, bossing me around requesting "immediately, ASAP" some information a monkey could've found online in 5 minutes. I told her that she sounded rude and unorganised. Ten minutes later, I got a mail from my boss asking me to apologise to her. I did. FML

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By smarter than a mollusk, skinner than a hippo - 10/11/2010 17:33 - United States

Today, a girl who has had a problem with me for as long as I can remember, tagged me in a Facebook status update in which she equated my intelligence to that of a mollusk and equated my weight to that of a hippopotamus. My boyfriend, as well as several of my "friends," liked it. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/03/2016 05:25 - United States - Federal Way

Today, I was emailing a government employee at the place I'm hoping to get hired by. I realized too late I had been emailing her with my personal email address, which is rather jokey and unprofessional. She noticed and started referring to me as that. FML

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By teeth - 30/01/2009 18:23 - United States

Today, I meant to forward an email to my friend mocking a coworker's email, but I hit "reply" instead of "forward". FML

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By Laura - 28/04/2021 11:01

Today, I sent a reply-all email to my entire company that said "Go tit" instead of "Got it". FML

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By warp_routine - 31/03/2009 14:17 - United States

Today, I got on an elevator with a woman and her child. I was the first one on. When she stepped on, the capacity alarm went off. As she left she told her daughter that's why fat people shouldn't be allowed in public. I'm 145 lbs. She was twice my size. I got called fat by a hippopotamus. FML

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By FiredAF - 20/02/2024 00:00 - United States

Today, I was emailing my department about a huge meeting we’re going to have. I was also emailing back and forth with another colleague about office gossip. I absentmindedly replied to the wrong email. I hit reply all to the meeting e-mail, saying that the new supervisor of X department was "so fucking retarded." FML

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By lovergirl - 27/07/2017 12:00 - United States - Orem

Today, I received an email from a potential employer with an awesome job opportunity. I was so excited, I immediately went to forward the email to my husband. My email included a lot of "I love you" and "we are going to celebrate tonight ;)". In my excitement, I hit reply instead of forward. FML

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By BeverlyC - 29/11/2021 08:00

Today, an overweight coworker of mine was saying that her favorite mythical creatures was Mermaids, because she considers them graceful, carefree and aesthetically beautiful, like her. I absentmindedly blurted out, “Not with that body.” The word “Sorry” didn’t cut it for the write up I received. FML

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Friday 4 March 2011 12:05

haha i hope she sits on you as punishment

SillyEars 0

Friday 4 March 2011 11:57

silly zoo...

Comments

Renesaga 8

Friday 4 March 2011 12:14

"Intentionally wanted"? That's a little redundant. :P

srgsk9 9

Friday 4 March 2011 12:21

Send an apology email saying it was auto-corrected. Just write: "Sorry, that was supposed to say 'thanks heaps,' sorry for any confusion."

bthomas0319 2

Friday 4 March 2011 21:08

Wow you would be like the only person to actually give real advice.

srgsk9 9

Saturday 5 March 2011 5:36

Several others did as well. I just figured not being a dick would be a decent change of pace.

MrLaryRottweila 1

Friday 4 March 2011 12:32

at least you didn't call her a cow

tarabelle 7

Friday 4 March 2011 12:37

haha this MADE MY DAY(: but I suppose you should explain to her why you called her a hippo...

samadams42 0

Friday 4 March 2011 14:38

indeed he should and your smile made my day :) haha

SarahStarzz 0

Saturday 5 March 2011 2:06

and u pplz comments made my day, thank u very much

jc302406 3

Friday 4 March 2011 12:40

why in the hell would you use heaps anyway? that is so stupid

Zombies_eat_Nath 0

Friday 4 March 2011 16:34

if you aren't from America I apologize, but damn.

Zombies_eat_Nath 0

Friday 4 March 2011 16:36

OP is from Australia not America

Unicorntails 7

Wednesday 8 August 2012 8:30

I think it's actually pretty cute. :3

chili_is_good 0

Friday 4 March 2011 12:53

at least it was not elephant

stevenmx86 7

Friday 4 March 2011 13:08

Who says thanks heaps? Ydi for making up lame excuses...

TeenieAmerica 9

Friday 4 March 2011 14:45

A LOT OF ******* PEOPLE.

atthegates 0

Friday 4 March 2011 16:14

nobody says thanks heaps...ydi

Zombies_eat_Nath 0

Friday 4 March 2011 16:43

ONCE AGAIN OP LIVES IN AUSTRALIA how ******* stupid are you people.. wait, I don't want to know, if I talk to you for too long I might catch your stupid :P

tona01 16

Friday 4 March 2011 21:28

calm down, apparently this people live under a rock, and in this rock the rest of the world doesn't exist

Mach10 0

Friday 4 March 2011 13:52

Un-FYL with 3 words: "Damn you autocorrect!"

underpaid011 0

Friday 4 March 2011 14:04

you could have been listening to the beatles and signed off "you are the walrus". that would have been worse! you can easily blame this on the computer autocorrect - if your computer has this function. if not then recall the email, or blame a typing error.