Employee finds manager's misspelled note about him in the printer: 'I called HR to report the absorbance'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Mar 18, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

Discovering your manager's failed attempt at disciplining you has got to be satisfying. Not only was this employee already over it and clearly prepared to find another job, but he also found his manager's write-up about him because it was left in the company printer. Let's just say that this so-called write-up was about as unintentionally comical as it could get.

First of all, it was full of typos. Second of all, it was full of malapropisms. For instance, when the manager wrote, "I called HR to report the absorbance," we assume he meant insubordination. Who really knows, though? It would be hard for HR to take this letter seriously even remotely because of how indecipherable the language is. The employee shared the letter via the following Reddit thread for our collective amusement.

Keep scrolling below to have a look for yourself. For more content like this, check out this post about an HOA Karen's annoying letter. 

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  • 01
    My manager left this note to hr about me in the printer. Feeling pretty Chad right now.
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    On 3/11/24 1 issue a write up. 3/12/24 He refused to to send the sign it and stated, "if I'm going to get a write up then do it because I don't even want to see it at this point". He also stated, "I'm not doing those duties so my as well ask someone else to do them". I called HR to report the absorbance. I proceeded to walk across the street to write up to HR. As soon as I sat down, he called me to tell me that he was sick from all the commotion and needed to leave. I asked him if he could at le
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    cleon42 17 hr. ago "I called HR to report the absorbance" I'm DYING 00 16.4k Share
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    getdemsnacks. 17 hr. ago my guess is he meant 'insubordinance'? 8.0k Share
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    Freakishly_Tall. 17 hr. ago Gah! Thank you! My Dip-to-English generator was failing me. (To be fair, it is frequently overloaded, given that it does have to do double duty translating English back into Dip HCM::SHEHEHEHEHE. can understand.) 4.0k Share
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    ProfitLoud. 17 hr. ago Literally so many grammatical and spelling errors in that note. "So my as well ask someone else." I'd be so embarrassed submitting that. Your manager needs basic language classes. 1.8k Share
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    RockAtlasCanus . 16 hr. ago It's fun to laugh at! But then it gets depressing when you realize how many dumb s there are out there in charge of other people. Either way, congrats OP! 1.1k Share
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    Caucasian_Thunder 17 hr. ago "You guys really need to get your together." Then he put a pair of aviators on, took a fat rip off his vape, and heelied into the sunset 8.9k Share
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    Sunshineshawty. 18 hr. ago "Then he took off on his bicycle" Imao I love it 8.4k Share
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    The_Last_Ron1n 17 hr. ago This reads like the manager is a child and they're telling their mommy. 4.3k Share
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    Key-Mountain-9473 17 hr. ago That is the most unprofessional sized font 3.2k Share
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    RagnarStonefist. 17 hr. ago 'He said no and left' what a legend 1.7k Share
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    Intelligent-Mode-353. 17 hr. ago They don't know the word is insubordinate, but just said " they'll understand if they read it like 10 times." 845 Share
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    Oystermeat 17 hr. ago Absorbance is defined as "the logarithm of the ratio of incident to transmitted radiant power through a sample (excluding the effects on cell walls)". Alternatively, for samples which scatter light, absorbance may be defined as "the negative logarithm of one minus absorptance, as measured on a uniform sample". 379 Share
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    hazeldazeI 17 hr. ago Lol, gonna report that absorbance! I'm picturing OP stuffing office supplies in their mouth or faintly fluorescing. 283 Share
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    midlyinfuriated_ . 17 hr. ago You went back? And found this in the printer? Sounds like a hole in your story. 281 Share
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    dukeofgibbon - 17 hr. ago Telling lack of specifity over what they asked you to do. 204 Share
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