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Lemmy, what are some of your "oh shit" work stories?

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BustlingChungus@lemmy.world
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A milder story than some here:

Someone had accidentally sent an email to the whole company of 44,000 or so employees. Cue a bunch of emails -replying all- asking why they were receiving the email… followed by another wave of emails asking people to stop replying all.

Was a great popcorn moment, and made me laugh every time a new email came in.

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MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world
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Once a year in government. I just cringe, every time.

Idiots.

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hazardous_area@sh.itjust.works
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We had this one at a place I worked, except it was a very large company and the chain started crashing servers.

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mrsgreenpotato@discuss.tchncs.de
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I think we work for the same company…

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hazardous_area@sh.itjust.works
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Quite possibly but gotta keep the internet life separate from real

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Radicalized@lemmy.one
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This happens in the military far too often.

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MiltownClowns@lemmy.world
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This used to crash outlook servers. If anybody has ever replied to one of these know that I hate you.

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GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world
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Unsubscribe

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XbSuper@lemmy.world
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Do you work for UAP? This happened recently at my job, and was fucking hilarious.

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BustlingChungus@lemmy.world
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No, this happened a few years ago, but clearly it’s a lot more common than I thought!

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