Okay for all of you who know about emoticons and use them regularly, you might get a kick out of my little emoticon mishap while instant-messaging with my boss yesterday morning.
Just so you know what was going on, I needed to get some approvals for spending a chunk of the company’s money on a big order of supplies. I instant messaged my boss to see if he could help me get the approval done and he said he would check with the CFO on when my boss and I could come meet with the CFO and discuss the pricing and what quantities to order, etc. My instant message response to my boss?
“Okay, sounds good. I’m wide open. :()”
OH NO!!!!! What a horrible time to have an emoticon mishap! I only meant to say my schedule was flexible and I could meet at any time and I attempted to put a nice little “ :) ” after that to ease the pressure of my boss's already overwhelmingly packed day. What is wrong with my fingers?!?! Sick little B******s trying to impose possibly sexually oriented wording accompanied by an equally could-be-sexual emoticon which directly relates to the possibly sexual wording on my BOSS!!! When you put those two things together, it could be taken waaaay too literally and waaaay the wrong way. Ugh. Luckily for me, my boss only laughed at my blunder, rather than e-mailing my accidental emoticon mistype to HR and claiming sexual harassment. What a morning it turned out to be!
No, just kidding--I was not fired over the incident. Hahah.
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