'Dear Intern': People share their internship stories in support of HBO MAX intern who screwed up.
Twitter Rallies Behind HBO Max Intern Blamed for Test Email Accidentally Sent to Subscribers https://t.co/StrJ5EUzD4 pic.twitter.com/VvMSFCYLFs
- Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) June 19, 2021
- So a bit of background. On Thursday night many subscribers received an Email from HBO Max with just one line:
INBOX: Integration Test Email #1, an intriguing new drama from HBO Max pic.twitter.com/EdRxZegQ3a
- David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) June 18, 2021
- A bunch of memes and jokes started to appear and later HBO Max confirmed that their intern screwed up.
We mistakenly sent out an empty test email to a portion of our HBO Max mailing list this evening. 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. ❤️
- HBOMaxHelp (@HBOMaxHelp) June 18, 2021
This has led many people to share their fuck ups:
Cassie, Co-host of Busy Phillips podcast:
Dear Intern, I was using my desktop calendar to make a monthly note of when I started my menstrual period, but after several months I realized I was making that note on a calendar I shared with all of my colleagues company wide. I was 37 years old.
- Caissie (@Caissie) June 18, 2021
Monica Lewinsky:
dear intern:
it gets better.
♥️
ps. don’t wear a beret for awhile, k?
- Monica Lewinsky (she/her) (@MonicaLewinsky) June 18, 2021
Writer Jenny Lawson:
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. https://t.co/gE8BBjtv7v
- Jenny Lawson (@TheBloggess) June 18, 2021
Sex & the City reboot writer:
Dear Intern,
I once accidentally uploaded a sexy pic I sent to my boyfriend at the time to a shared drive and a coworker pulled it up in a presentation to a conference room full of high level execs. On a 72-inch projector screen.
Integration Test Email is no biggie.
Hugs,
Me https://t.co/24hmInRFay
- Gennefer Gross IS VACCINATED!!! (@Gennefer) June 18, 2021
Creator of My Name is Earl and Raising Hope:
Dear Intern, When I was 19 I was left alone in the office and I tried to copy my ass on the Xerox machine and fax it to my friend. The machine jammed and when my boss came back she unjammed it by pulling out the copy of my bare ass. Hang in there. https://t.co/Gsf08NmncK
- Greg Garcia (@whoisgreggarcia) June 18, 2021
NPR Host:
Dear Intern,
Once woke up late for my intern shift at @KBIA where I was in charge of switching to programming so there would be no dead air. Ran all the way there then realized I forgot the keys to get in. Had to run back to get them.
There was dead air for 20 solid minutes. https://t.co/BM7n9ybBCj
- T O N Y A (@TonyaMosley) June 19, 2021
This newsanchor:
dear intern: once, at a new job, I thought the files on my company laptop were copies mirrored from a shared drive, so I deleted them. theyyyyy were not copies.
zero stars, do not recommend.
you'll be a'ight. https://t.co/yPbIi1gthR
- shauna (@goldengateblond) June 19, 2021
Former Spotify worker:
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.
- Daenney (@daenney) June 18, 2021
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Dear Intern, i was in a meeting and forgot to put my phone on silent and everyone heard my VERY LOUD Grindr notification. It was funny to see who knew what that sound was for tho. ONTD, what's your 'Dear Intern' story?