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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/AnAttackCorgi on 2026-02-22 04:16:31+00:00.
My (M 33) dad recently fell and required surgery. Being in his mid 80s, healing has been a serious recovery process for him, and he’s been in a full-time rehab centre for a month.
His roommate, T (M 40-something) has been in the rehab facility for a year and a half after suffering from a stroke. Throughout my dad’s whirlwind injury and healthcare admin process, T has been nothing short of a guardian angel: answering my questions about the facility, how to get requests from health insurance, and helping me out when my dad gets confused. I’ve always checked in on him after checking in on my dad, offered to help in any way possible.
He gave me his number if I need to ask any questions, and I put his name with a wheelchair emoji 🦽 as a note to myself that he’s from the rehab centre.
Well, today I was driving and texting each other. I was using the CarPlay iPhone feature to voice-transcribe the messages. I said his name, which I assumed Siri would transcribe succinctly, and sent the message before Siri fully read the message back to me.
Looking at the messages, Siri’s put the wheelchair 🦽 emoji with his name, and he’s read and replied.
I’m dying inside. He’s fought so hard and suffered so much, the last thing I’d want to do seem like an asshole to this guy who’s helped my dad in so many ways.
Am I overreacting? Should I apologize to him? Should I just move on?
TL;DR: After mistakenly sending a wheelchair emoji to my dad’s stroke-recovering roommate via a Siri transcription error, I’m mortified that I appear to be mocking the man who has been a "guardian angel" to my dad. I’m now struggling with whether to apologize or move on