In An Effort To Make The HBO Intern Who Accidentally Sent That Email Out Feel Better, People Are Sharing The Worst Things They Ever Did At Work
After HBO Max subscribers started receiving the same strange email, they wondered what was going on over there.
HBO Max quickly took to Twitter to explain that an unidentified intern at HBO accidentally sent the email out to close to everyone on the mailing list.
“We mistakenly sent out an empty test email to a portion of our HBO Max mailing list this evening,” HBO Max clarified in a tweet.
“We apologize for the inconvenience, and as the jokes pile in, yes, it was the intern. No, really. And we’re helping them through it.”
People on the internet quickly started to offer up the worst things they ever did at work in an effort to make the HBO intern feel better.
Twitter; pictured above is the tweet about the email from HBO Max
Here are some of the best things people had to say about their work mistakes.
“Dear Intern, I once globally took down Spotify. It almost happened twice. My team was awesome about it and I’m still here.”
“You managed to find something broken in the way integration tests are done. It’s a good thing and will help improve things. Good luck <3.”
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“Dear Intern: My first day on a job, I was in an elevator when a nice-looking man smiled and said, “Your face belongs on a cathedral.”
“Without missing a beat, I replied, “If comparing me to a gargoyle is the best pick-up line you’ve got, it needs work.”
“Yep, the CEO.”
“Dear Intern, I once didn’t recognize then-VP George HW Bush and almost didn’t let him into a meeting…in the Cabinet Room. Of The White House. Where he worked.”
“He was actually as gracious as HBO Max Help appears to be being…you’ll be fine.”
“Dear Intern, as a baby prosecutor I was in charge of subpoenaing witnesses. I sent a subpoena to Officer Dakota to testify. Officer Dakota was a dog. He did not testify but was a very good boy.”
“Dear intern, I once sent an email to 5k employees asking them to update their benefits but I didn’t bcc them so hundreds of ppl hit reply all and then hundreds more hit reply all to tell others not to reply all and it crashed our whole system email system.”
“Dear Intern, When I was an intern I emailed the other 3 interns saying “I’m bored; is anyone doing anything interesting?”
“Instead of going to every intern account it went to every account. Every staffer in every office of every Senator on the Senate Judiciary Committee.”
You can read the rest of the replies to the intern’s mistake here!
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