Let me preface this by saying I work in HR. Of all departments to screw up in, it’s mine.
We were on a Zoom with our regional director, my manager (mid-40s, graying, authoritative but nice), and about six other team leads. It was a tense meeting. Budget freezes, re-orgs, all that jazz.
Someone asked a question about PTO policy changes, and my manager jumped in to clarify. I meant to say, “Yes, David can explain it better than I can.” Instead… I said:
“Daddy can explain it better.”
Dead silence.
I realized immediately and tried to backpedal, but I just ended up babbling something like “DAVID. Sorry. David. Not… not daddy. I don’t call you daddy. That’s not, sorry.”
I swear I saw his mouth twitch. The rest of the meeting continued with a level of awkwardness only known to HR professionals who’ve just publicly called their boss daddy in front of upper management.
I will now live underground.
TL;DR: Meant to say my boss’s name on Zoom. Called him “daddy” instead. HR nightmare achieved.
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Freudian slip ?
Just a lil Freudian slip
Oh no! Maybe it was a Freudian slip! Maybe he acts like your daddy. Haha. Let’s find a way to blame him.
I’m sorry.
This will pass. My friend worked for a mortgage company and was on the phone ( land line) with him and put him on hold so she thought and said horrible things about him.
Her boss was very forgiving. The client not so much.
These things happen. You’re not alone mamma! ( or jr) I don’t know if you’re a man or woman)
I feel like he liked it. now I’m going to start a webtoon about it 😅
https://preview.redd.it/baro03h28q9f1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd7946bb6fc87c9b6c3ae1694a6137c70bd9c5ea
I swear I have read this before.
Honestly? Whether he or she feels funny or not, you might want to observe whether his/her mouth twitched when your boss gave out orders. Nevertheless I would be updating my LinkedIn still in case 😂
The head of NATO called Trump “daddy” too, you’ll be okay
I once was saying goodbye to a new patient, a very nice middle-aged woman (as I am). We’d a little over an hour working together, talking about her needs, goals, struggles, and working on solutions. As I was leading her to the door at the end, I meant to say, “Lovely to meet you,” but somehow my brain had a short circuit and the only words that came out were, “Love you.”
Then I plastered a “nothing to see here” look on my face and retreated into the maze of the building before I could see anyone’s reaction.
Stop watching so much porn lmao
As an actual daddy, I do this often. I call my wife momma because my kids do. I call my mom nana. I call myself daddy or dada. And sometimes, I mix them all up because I’m tired.