TIFU by accidentally sending my boss a very NSFW meme instead of my resignation letter

So this happened yesterday, and I’m still dying inside from embarrassment.

For context, I’ve been working at this company for three years now. It’s been fine overall, but recently I got an offer from another company that was too good to pass up. So I decided it was time to resign gracefully… or so I thought.

I spent hours drafting what I thought was a professional resignation email. You know, thanking my boss for all their support while explaining why I was moving on. Feeling pretty proud of myself, I attached my resignation letter as a PDF and hit send.

A few minutes later, I got an email back from my boss with just one sentence: “Can we talk?”

Confused but not overly concerned, I opened my Sent folder to double-check what I’d sent… and that’s when my soul left my body.

Instead of attaching my resignation letter, I had accidentally attached a meme from my phone—a VERY NSFW meme involving two cartoon characters doing things no cartoon characters should ever do. To make matters worse, this wasn’t just any meme—it was one that my friends and I had been joking about earlier in our group chat titled “Unholy Memes.”

Panic set in immediately. My first instinct was to delete the email somehow (spoiler alert: you can’t). My second instinct was to fake my own death and move to another country.

When we finally talked later that day, my boss couldn’t stop laughing long enough for me to apologize properly. Thankfully, they have a good sense of humor and told me they’d “never look at cartoons the same way again.” They also accepted my resignation—but not without forwarding the meme back to me with some added commentary.

Lesson learned: Always double-check your attachments before hitting send… especially if you’re quitting your job!

TL;DR: Tried to resign professionally via email but accidentally sent my boss an extremely inappropriate meme instead of my resignation letter. Now both unemployed AND mortified.