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TIFU by mixing up Cisco and Sisqo

TL;DR I thought a coworker going to Cisco Live was going to see Sisqo, live. Not a f*ck-up from today, per se, but still a favorite TIFU story of mine.

So this wasn't today, but this is still one of my favorite stories from my tech career.

One of my first jobs out of college was at an enterprise tech review platform. I was bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and ready to make my mark in a new industry (after all, I graduated with a degree in Middle Eastern Studies, so what the heck did I know?).

My manager was having a conversation with one of my company's sales reps, and she was talking about how excited she was to go to Cisco Live in Germany. Exciting stuff, right? International travel, great people, fun after parties. What else could you ask for at a swanky tech conference?

But in my millenial, non-initiated mind, I thought she was telling my manager that she was going to see Sisqo (of "Thong Song" fame) live. Trying to take part in the conversation, I exclaimed "Wow! I can't believe he still performs."

Both my manager and the sales rep looked at me with initial confusion, then shock, and then gave me a bemused "oh honey" expression. Once they explained what Cisco Live actually was, I started laughing while also cringing internally from embarrassment.

Luckily, I've wizened up (people now actually think I know what I'm talking about, I promise!) and have attended my share of tech conferences since, but I have yet to attend Cisco Live. Or a Sisqo live concert, for that matter.

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