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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/LateToTheThreaddd on 2025-11-05 18:14:10+00:00.
Okay so yesterday I’m doing a team Slack check-in (just after pulling my laptop off the couch while playing on my phone) and I meant to type:
Hey all, I’ll take the lead on this part tomorrow
but autocorrect decided differently and changed it to:
Hey all, I’ll steal the lead on this part tomorrow
I hit send without noticing, then realized my phone didn’t buzz when people responded. I opened my laptop, and there it was someone already replied with " You just unapologetically stealing, bold move…”
I’ve got some money saved up, and honestly this isn’t a career ender, but the embarrassment hit hard. Everyone else went with jokes. My manager said “cool innovation :)” like he’s pretending the typo was intentional.
TL;DR: Autocorrect made me sound like a corporate pirate and now the team thinks I’m a “Lead Thief.”