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People are sharing their worst work cock-ups to make an intern feel better – 17 hilarious howlers

It all started when HBO’s on-demand service sent this email to its subscribers by mistake.

HBO later explained what happened (and who made the mistake).

Which was either a cute little joke or an absolutely rotten thing to do to the poor intern, depending on your point of view.

It prompted lots and lots of people to respond with their own work foul-ups just to make the (mercifully anonymous) intern feel better.

And it wasn’t only the intern who they cheered up. Here are our 17 favourites.

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