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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/aurynmarilee on 2026-01-16 02:31:30+00:00.
So this literally happened two hours ago and I'm still sitting in my car in the parking lot trying to figure out if I should just quit.
I've been dealing with this coworker, let's call her Jennifer, who's been driving me absolutely insane. She's one of those people who takes credit for everyone else's work and somehow management loves her. I've been venting to my friend Katie about it for weeks.
This morning Jennifer pulled the same shit again in our team meeting - presented my entire proposal as her own idea. I was fuming. Right after the meeting I get in my car for lunch and I'm so pissed I need to vent immediately. I open my messaging app and hit the voice message button to send Katie a rant.
I go OFF for like a solid minute. I'm talking about how Jennifer is a "credit-stealing snake," how she "wouldn't know an original idea if it bit her in the ass," how I "can't believe management falls for her act," all of it. I'm really going for it, getting progressively more heated as I talk.
I hit send and feel a little better. Then I look at my screen.
I sent it to Jennifer.
Not Katie. Jennifer.
I must have clicked on the wrong chat because Jennifer had messaged me earlier about something and her name was near the top. I literally watched the "delivered" notification pop up and my stomach just dropped through the floor.
I immediately tried to delete it but I was too slow - the "read" notification appeared maybe 10 seconds after I sent it. So she heard the whole thing. Every word.
I genuinely considered just driving away and never coming back. I sat there for probably five minutes just staring at my phone in complete horror trying to figure out what to do.
Jennifer hasn't responded. Not a single message. I don't know if she's crying, planning to report me to HR, or plotting my demise. I checked and she's definitely still in the building because her car is here.
I have to go back inside in like 15 minutes for another meeting. The same meeting Jennifer will be in. I genuinely don't know what I'm going to do. Do I apologize? Pretend it didn't happen? Resign via email right now?
I've fucked up before but this might be the worst. I can't believe I was that careless. Why do voice messages even exist if they're just going to ruin your life?
TL;DR: Meant to send a voice message to my friend absolutely trashing my coworker, accidentally sent it directly to said coworker instead, she heard every word, and now I have to face her in 15 minutes.