A woman received a termination email meant for someone else, which was later shared by her husband on social media, leaving users amused and alarmed in equal measure.
X user Simon Ingari narrated the incident in a post that caught attention. “My wife received a termination email in 2025 December. Her heart dropped after seeing it. She froze for a second. Did she miss a deadline? Did she say something wrong?” he wrote, describing the panic the email initially caused.
The confusion deepened when they realised the shocking truth: “Turns out, she just got terminated from a company she didn’t even work for.”
Calling out the careless error, Ingari added a message to the company involved: “Dear HR, please check the email ID more carefully next time. I mean, someone else might actually get a heart attack.”
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The post had several social media users pointing out how such mistakes could have serious emotional consequences. One user wrote, “Please CC accuracy next time health insurance does not cover surprise terminations,”
Another commented, “Glad it was just a scare – hope your wife had a good laugh after the shock.”
While the incident ended without real-world consequences, it led to a deeper conversation about professionalism, attention to detail, and how a single careless email could cause unnecessary panic. That too, in an era where job security was already a sensitive topic.
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