I’m Ver-E Sorry!
Ever had to say that because you accidentally sent an email or a text message to an unintended recipient? Do you know that anxiety rush after you hit send and realized what just happened? In this day of fast communication, mistakes like this happen more often. I don’t think I’ve ever accidentally addressed a hand-written letter to the wrong person. There’s just more time to think about it. Suzie and rt, in particular, have great stories to share on this subject. Â
January 28th, 2008 at 11:59 am
I am so embarrassed. I was talking to this GM Data Engineer on AT&T IM and had the AOL window for Daughter Sherri open as well. Sherri sent me an “ILY MOM” and I responded with “Awe Baby”. Girish got my awe baby. Ugh! How embarrassing. I am SM and the data engineer is GR.
GR(11:07:06): ok back SM(11:10:05): the Cisco course that you sent is it the Bootcamp CCM5.0 GR(11:10:17): ya GR(11:10:54): if u looked at courese curriculum, looks like they cover quite a bit SM(11:11:10): I saw it on Global Knowledge web site but they didn’t have dates GR(11:11:42): i saw the dates thro cisco website GR(11:12:35): they have few of them lined up for jan-feb SM(11:12:56): It would be great to go to school at the same time. GR(11:13:25): ya.. and it is in your neighborhood GR(11:13:34): u dont hv to travel SM(11:13:51): literally 8 miles from my house GR(11:14:03): cool GR(11:14:31): so what do we need to do next ? talk to Vikki? SM(11:15:43): yes but I can’t find the course on GK SM(11:15:48): awe baby SM(11:15:54): not you sorry GR(11:15:59): let me send u link
January 28th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
No, we don’t. And Sher, stop interrupting our conversations with you “little topics!”
HAAAAA!
Actually, remember when I texted YOU and said “Flossing ewe…” by accident?
January 28th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Suzie, that is CLASSIC! Almost like brushing your teeth with Cortizone, gurl!
January 28th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
AND, SHERRI…remember when you were on the phone in the newsroom and the caller said “I love you” and you were all (acidentally) “I love you, too!” HAHAHAA! Tell the group about it, gurl!
January 28th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Haaaaaaaa…LindsAy, that was sooo funny!
We have cubicles at work and can hear each other’s phone conversations. LindsAy sat next to me at the time. An elderly gentleman called me and was telling me about something we should cover. I listened, but during the conversation, was distracted by scanners, tapes rolling, monitors blaring and people yelling about other news stories. All of the sudden, he said, “I love you.” And I, to this man I’d never met, said, “I love you, too.” I hung up, looked at LindsAy and said, “I just told a viewer I love him.”
January 28th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
I once took a guy who worked for me to dinner and invited his 8 months pregnant wife. At the end of the dinner, I said to the wife “Looks like we won’t be seeing you again” (I meant..the next time I see you, you won’t be pregnant). If that wasn’t bad enough, I said to her ” Let me know if there is anything I can do for you, like have your husband”
Again meaning-anytime you need your husband, he can leave work.
It made perfect sense in Suzie’s world!!
January 28th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
BTW, if you are ever on a conference call with several people and you are doing roll call and one of the guys is named John Kundtz…be really careful how you pronounce that.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Su–I remember you telling me about the silence on that conference call after you butchered Mr. Kundtz’s name.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wasn’t there something about Seasme Street Live MISPRINTED in the paper? Wasn’t The Count’s name TOTALLY and inappropriately misspelled?!
Suzie, I think you are my new hero. Seriously. Go get yourself a cape.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Yes, L, I saw it. They left out the “o”. It was a caption under a picture of the Sesame St. characters in the Sunday paper.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
The OWNER of where I work asked me something in an email that was work related. I wanted to clear something first with my boss before I replied to him (the owner).
In the email I referred to the owner as ‘a hideous bastard.’
Yes. I sent it to the owner instead. Arms and legs went numb just like after a near miss car accident. Climbed under my desk in a fetal position and didn’t move for about two hours sucking my thumb and sobbing uncontrollably.
This was about two years ago. I’ve been drinking heavily ever since.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
I once sold my soul to the satan and condemned my self to a living hell when i thought i was saying my wedding vows.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
well never text wrong person …plenty of foot in mouth trouble….but my deal is lets say your texting a female and the diffculty in determine if that “ok” is a happy cant wait to see you ok …or …a “ok” you stupid jerk dont call me for a week …and the whole time your texting your (me) wondering why not just call and talk voice to voice …communcation with girls is hard enough…
January 28th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Once, in the future, I accidently hit “send” on an email to everyone on this site who gave me their address. The email had a picture of Nagel Sherri in it that she wouldn’t post on her website.
January 28th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
jj, Back in my single days, I was living in New Orleans, and I had a line that always worked. Now that I’m married I can share it with the rest of the world. It was “do you want to go swimming”. It must be used on a group of girls, as the solo approach will paint you as a pervert. You never know what you’re going to get, but the answer is always “yes”. Try it and let us know if this helps end your dry spell (no pun intended). Oh, if you don’t have a pool…get one.
January 28th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Hrb…BrkatifNYs@aol.com!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(That stands for Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
January 28th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
I am the king of sending the wrong text messages. I once forward a guy a text message about making out by mistake. What made it so bad was a group of us was waiting on him to show up somewhere. When he got there I just said I think i sent you something by mistake and he said yea. Another time a friend and I were talking about another friend and I looked down and forgot to end the call I had made to another friend before our conversation and for 3 minutes our conversation had been recording on her voice mail. She wouldn’t answer the phone so we went to her house and made her delete it.
January 28th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
I’m in the oil business and we get daily reports from the field. One of the field guys sent a picture of a girl with no underwear on bending over petting a snake and the caption said “keep your eyes on the snake”. He meant to send it to his friend, but sent it to the entire corporation instead. He doesn’t work here anymore.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
thanks HRB for a lesbatirian your pretty cool….the swimming line reminds me i once went swiming with a girl and almost drowned…you know that game chicken well lets just say i had the hottest girl in the pool on my shoulders ….and bad positioning got us in the deep end …well i cant breath under water but i dang sure wasnt gonna let her know that…curvy tan girls will make you do crazy things…
January 28th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
lindsAy want to go swimming?
January 28th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
dang….wait…DOES anyone here want to go swimming?….
January 28th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
That’s funny HRB. I always used the swimming line in Tuscaloosa back in the day. Never failed.
I have never texted the wrong person but I have embarrassed myself many times on our corporate instant messenger too. I have several coworkers that I talk to regularly on IM in a less then professional manner. More than once when multi-tasking, I have sent a crude message to the wrong person.
Oh, once I got my personal Outlook address book mixed up with our corporate directory and sent an email to Heather Talley (not my wife but another employee somewhere else in the country). It said, “Hey cutie, give me a call when you wake up. I love you.” My phone rang immediately, it was funny. I asked her if she wanted to go swimming.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
…ct knows about the swiming line…and its worked for him too.
January 28th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
OH, i just remembered this one. It’s long but funny. There used to be a popular website iwon.com that gave away $10K a day (Maybe they still do I dunno). When it was brand new in 1999 they advertised on national TV a lot and EVERYONE was entering daily to win $10K. They also provided free email addresses like hotmail or yahoo. I got an idea to sign up for a free email account under the name admin. So my address was admin@iwon.com It was great, I was emailing all my friends with an official looking email congratulating them on being the $10K winner for that day, and they usually fell for it and hilarity ensued. I got HRB with it once
. Anyway over time I started getting official email at this address regarding iwon.com company business. I usually deleted it but one day some guy emailed me thinking I was the site admin and said he need to meet with regarding some statistics or something. He just struck me as a tool because he was talking about synergies and all that other corporate nerd speak. Anyway I replied that I was unable to meet with him because rumor had it that he was a known cross dresser and wore his wife’s panties. He must have been important because within a few hours I had a threatening email from their legal department and it wasn’t a form letter either, and I got my account revoked. 
January 28th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Somehow I missed rt’s “hideous bastard” post the first time around. That is hilarious. Suzie, does John have a brother named Mike?
This is the best topic ever.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
This has NOTHING to do with wrong text messages or wrong phone messages…but this is just PLAIN WRONG.
Ok, I was little-ER…say about 12 - 13ish…anyway my mommy drove my friend and I to Blockbuster video. Mommy drove a light blue Mazda 323 (I have NO CLUE why). Anyway, there were no parking spaces available so she was going to drop us off in front then wait for us.
Sooooo, my friend and I went in to rent a movie…probably 9 1/2 Weeks or The Last Picture Show…errr uhhh something.
We went outside, saw my mom’s car parked IN FRONT of the store and proceed to SIT IN THE BACK SEAT…SHUT THE DOORS…and BUCKLE in.
All this would have been fine, except it was NOT my mom’s car. And yes, there was SOMEONE in it. My friend and I looked at each other and bolted.
Why are you guys laughing? I could have been killed. That car could have been driven by Ted Bundy…or Jeffrey Dahmer…or worse, OJ SIMPSON!
JJ, pick me up at 6:43am for morning swim lessons. Bring your own water wings!
January 28th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
And Suzie…didn’t you also once “shoot” some fine Brandy or something in Korea (or Borneo?) with a group of corporate delegates b/c you thought it was a shot?!
Man gurl, I just love those zany zany Talleys!
January 28th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
YES! LindsAy remembered another fine Suzie story. Suzie…the corporate shots downed (only by you) story, please!
Anyone want to go swimming?
January 28th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Dude, I have a big pool and a big hot-tub. I’ll turn the pool heater on. jj, pick up LindsAy, and everyone meet at my house this weekend for a big sherritalleywagonerallenallentalley’s brother’s swimming party and we can discuss our most embarrasing moments while Suzie does shots.
January 28th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Wow, certainly an athletic group here - all this swimming and stuff!!
Gee, I gots to get in the pool in the morning early, but sounds like yur swimming much more fun than mine! Maybe I needs to come wid y’all!!
January 28th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Sounds like some of you are swinging again!
January 28th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
fine linds …but im on your shoulders in any chicken fights….im not fallin for that again…..just how curvy and tan are you?
January 28th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
HEY guys i just realized something….im alittle slow….the other day sherri TEXT ME really early in the morning…..it was an accident no big deal something about a dog trashin her garage or something and i didnt think nothing of it….i guess she does this sorta thing alot….
January 29th, 2008 at 7:30 am
JJ…I’m about 5′9 1/2″…36 24 1/2 34….Tan is fading.
January 29th, 2008 at 7:33 am
P.S.-You can’t handle this.
January 29th, 2008 at 9:58 am
LinsAy’s picture:
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January 29th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Haaa! Forgot about the fine Scotch. Yes, I was in the UK with a group of businessmen. They sent over a glass of very aged fine scotch. I took it like a man and drank it like it was a shot of Cabo Wabo!
My friends find it amazing that I hold down a 9 to 5.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:20 am
And remember your comment, as the businessmen looked on in horror, “Man! That didn’t go down so smooth.”
January 29th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Then there was the “when we were young in the early 80s and drinking a driving wasn’t such a big deal” stories.
I actually ordered a cheeseburger from the cop that stopped me to give me a ticket for speeding. In Suzie’s world, when he walked up to the car with his speeding ticket book, I thought he wanted to take my order.
BTW…he didn’t write me a ticket
January 29th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Good story Suzie - reminds me of one.
New Year’s Eve - Baton Rouge around 1976?? My buddy and I were returning from late nite celebration in my old 68 Impala - all jacked up, big tires with loud engine - gee, I was cool! Had the 8-track and Jensen tri-axel speakers really blasting and we were certainly enjoying the effects our new years celebrating. Exceptionally foggy nite. Stopped at red light and after a few seconds, I noted my buddy trying to tell me something, but music way too loud and I did not hear a word he said. So as he was trying to scream louder, I turned the music down and heard him scream “THERE’S A COP AT YOUR WINDOW”. Well, sure enough, I glanced in my rear view mirror and there was a cop car/red lights blinking. And sure enough, when I glanced out my drivers window, there was a nice BR policeman there. Told me I was weaving - well, as I said, it was foggy.
So he got me out and did the license check/registration thing (ok for me so far) - however, finally came the question “have you been drinking”. While my friend had to inform me of my response to this question later (I did not recall it), I responded “Why - you buying”?????
Guess this not the best response, but in those days things were different. He responded “I’ll follow you home and you WILL go inside the house”!! Of course, you go under the jail now, and rightly so!!
January 29th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Very funny!! That could be a whole other topic! Things have gotten so safe and pc these days. I vote we all chug fine scotch like it is wabo cabo and run with scissors!
January 29th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
We need to start an annual SherriTalleyanothernameanothernameanothername.com meet-and-greet reunion!!!!!!!!!
Pot luck.
In Hobokken.
January 29th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I’m about to head out of town for a story shoot. Will y’all please behave? LindsAy, go to your room.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Ooooo kkkkkkkk…you.
January 29th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
sherrit…where did your 80s picture go?
January 29th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Oh, Su! Had it up for a sec. You must have seen it. Had a rough day, (you might not be ready for this) beginning with that pic not being posted properly. HRB informed me that when you clicked on it, you got another pic. So, I took it down to work on it later. Paid bills.
Then, went out of town to cover a story, got back to coverage of an officer with SPD shot, behind the scenes woes, etc. Squirrel is eating wires in my attic. It’s going to cost $200 to persuade him to leave. I’m about to man-up and talk him out of it myself! Bro. CT is having surgery in the morning–I just worry. Son at college needs money. Cell phone with all my contacts in it died. I didn’t get a work assignment I requested. And I’m confused because I haven’t yet learned the meaning of life.
Too bad we can’t run a crawl under our mugs during the news saying, “Please excuse Sherri. She’s a tad distracted. She really knows how to comb her hair. It’s just not the priority today.”
On the bright side, one of our members, jj, dropped off rockin’ samples of the tagline design for t-shirts, I had the honor and pleasure of interviewing extremely inspirational people today, I have a job, I have a son I love and a wonderful friend made a really nice dinner for me tonight.
So, with an even greater appreciation for our police officers and a more humble attitude, I’ll start over tomorrow.
Any other questions, Suz?
January 29th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Am I interrupting?
January 29th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Sher:
1.) Whilst I DO NOT miss the “behind the scenes-dom” of “breaking news” I do and always have appreciate your professsionalism and effort to get the CORRECT story on air…and with emotion and perspective. (Yes, I am being nice to you…enjoy it!) You go, gurl!
2.) Have a squirrel that won’t leave? Just show him your Nagel pic! Or perhaps HE saw the pic you posted online…got scared…and JUMPED OUT OF YOUR HAIR! HAHAHA!
3.) I hear JJ’s “pen name” is Gianni Versace (RIP)
AND 4.) You have “me”!
I AM NOT KIDDING WHEN I TELL YOU THAT ALL MY WHITE SOCKS ARE DIRTY…THUS…I AM WEARING THE RUNNING SOCKS THAT SAY “BITCH” ON THEM THAT YOU GAVE ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY! HAAAAA! (yes, I wear socks to bed, shut up!)
January 30th, 2008 at 12:24 am
200 hundred dollars to get a squirrel out….ive got the wrong job….glad you like the stuff….
dig in and show’em what your made of sherri…youve still got the rest of the week to finish strong….and remeber you can always self-medicate with laughter…i take quote of the day into the station tommorrowill let you know if it sticks…
lindsAy raincheck on the backstroke on account of your HUSBANDS size 14 boot stompin me into pink jello…you for got to mention hes a lumberjack from the yukon
January 30th, 2008 at 12:29 am
went for the jugular ahe linds…..i admit it looks bad on paper,but igot your Versace right here….you cant handle this!!
January 30th, 2008 at 9:10 am
I’m sorry J-squared…I didn’t think he’d be able to beat you down like that. I guess all the axe wielding has come in handing.
I got ya Calvin Klein right HERE….BRING IT!
January 30th, 2008 at 9:32 am
jj……..don’t drink and post.
January 30th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Sherri- cats love to handle squirrel problems. Just put the cat in the attic before you leave this morning.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
HRB, our nephew did that, remember? Suzie, tell your squirrel story. I think I just hijacked my own topic. Anyway, Mr. Squirrel spent the night rearranging furniture in the attic. Sounded like he had a few friends over, too. 23 hours until he’s enticed into a much smaller abode.
LindsAy, thanks for your kind words. I have a much better perspective today.
Just spoke with CT’s wife. He made it through surgery and is in recovery right now. He should be commenting again soon.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
IS CT OK?!?!?!? I didn’t realize that he was sick. SherriTalley.com should send flowers (from the group)…or a stripper.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
CT’s wife said he was doing great. Sure, L, if you can get away from the Deja Vu…great idea!
January 30th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Who is CT? Do I know him? Regardless that was very self-centered of me. My thoughts go out to him regardless of whether I know him. It is obvious that you have been upset SAL. Have a nice cup of organic tea and have yourself a General Foods International Coffee moment! And if you ever have another bad hair day at work just Steph for some bobby pins! (remember…princess…)
January 30th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
My goodness I have been away too long. I’m glad CT is ok.
I haven’t done the text message to the wrong person but I have done the email. Luckily I referred to the person as “her” throughout my tirade and didn’t use her name. However, this didn’t stop “her” from coming into my office and confronting me. I denied everything. Do you think she believed me?
January 30th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
hey sherri, i have a couple of jack russells i could loan you for the squirrel problem, but i can’t guarantee you the cat’s safety. oh, i know about tough days at work. an old EMS mentor once told me to keep chopping wood when things were on the downswing! hey suzie, where have you been for the past 27 years?
January 30th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
CT is SAT and HRB’s brother. Make sense? I won’t discuss CT’s medical situation (It will be much better when he does), but I will say that the stripper is NOT appropriate at this moment. Honestly I think he’d be most appreciative if we just ordered him a pizza.
January 30th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
hrb or sherri, how long were they keeping CT in the hospital?
January 30th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
HRB is right! This is CT’s story and one only he can tell…and not just because it happened to him…but because he should have been a stand up comedian!
charlesm: Heather, CT’s wife, says they’ll keep him probably overnight.
January 30th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
It smells like updog in here.
January 30th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
What’s up dog?
January 30th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Remember when we wrote that on the nurses’ board in Dad’s hospital room…all the nurses came in and asked Dad, “What’s up dog?” He laughed and said, “Not much.”
January 31st, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I have just two words for squiirels in the attic: Coyote Urine. You can get it on the web!
January 31st, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Or…you could just put some coyotes in there and give them lots of water.
January 31st, 2008 at 4:30 pm
This has gotten way off topic unless CT’s surgery was to remove a squirrel from his body.
January 31st, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Oh, and he emailed the information to the wrong person!
January 31st, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Mel, don’t you know that “squirrels in the attic” is a metaphore for CTs condition??!??
January 31st, 2008 at 7:35 pm
HA! I had “squirrels in the attic” before.
January 31st, 2008 at 7:54 pm
I had a “squirrel in the attic” right before the Marine Corp Marathon!
January 31st, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Suzie, HRB, do we have to abide by HIPAA laws?
January 31st, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Did you just call me a hippo?
January 31st, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Haaaaaaaaaaaaa!
January 31st, 2008 at 9:00 pm
One of my favorite album’s was “Toys in the Attic” by Aerosmith - much better than having squirrels. But the next album from Aerosmith had song “Rats in the Cellar”, so guess whatever toys they stuck in their attic ran the rats down to the cellar. Sher, hope you don’t have cellar?
January 31st, 2008 at 10:03 pm
I can’t wait until CT finds out his ailment was ‘a squirrel in the attic”.
HIPAA laws don’t apply to us as siblings, but one day you may have a “squirrel in the attic” and turnabout is fair play.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Yeah, from what I understand, three out of four of us sibs have had a “squirrel in the attic”, which is extremely painful. I hope I never get one.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:19 pm
The only thing worse is “rats in the attic”.
January 31st, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Sher, Maybe you can go to Bass Pro Shop and get a big gallon jug or two of that coyote urine and address both the rats in your attic and the squirrels in the other attics being referred to!!!! Save some for me too!!!
February 1st, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I am back home and recovering nicely. Thanks for all of the concern from my homeys at sherritalley.com. The “squirrel” has now been safely removed from the attic. Actually it was more like a wombat. I had a huge kidney stone that was was too big to pass so they had to go get it. I won’t go into the gruesome details but it was not a fun week. That is the last time anyone is getting near my package with a laser beam.
February 1st, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Welcome back, CT! So glad you’re feeling better.
February 1st, 2008 at 8:21 pm
ct….was this your first squirrel….if so welcome to the club….nothing like a little ..”renal colic” to ruin your week….you dont need to go into details some of us know….have a gallon of water on me….keep the toradol handle….what did you name your squirrel?
February 1st, 2008 at 11:00 pm
No jj, I have had four previous squirrels in my attic but this the first time it has ever hospitalized me. I didn’t name him but I think Rocky would be appropriate.
February 2nd, 2008 at 12:06 am
ouch….only two squirrels for me….my second i named mr.serrated circular saw blade…he took his sweet time…water is my fav now..only one mt.dew a day …we cant whine about it too much …the ladies will always throw out the” birth a baby” card on us and we cant wiz a grain of sand out the plumbing…thats a whole nother topic…i say a prayer its your last my friend
February 2nd, 2008 at 6:59 am
wow 4 i din’t realize. i have a little more respect. maybe you should try the coyote urine. so i’ll be in your neighborhood next weekend. we’ll make some plans
February 12th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Holy Crap this thread is funny. I just reread the whole thing. I read it right after I had the “squirrels” removed but I was still whacked out on pain meds and and it didn’t take.
February 15th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Hi ya’all
February 15th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Hey, Jake. Welcome!