Can you share some of the most memorable working as a personal assistant horror stories?

I knew a personal assistant who had to deal with a client who was constantly changing their mind. The assistant was in charge of planning events for the client. Every time they had almost finalized the arrangements, the client would come up with new ideas or completely different themes. It was really frustrating as a lot of time and resources were wasted on the constantly changing plans.

One horror story is when a personal assistant misinterpreted a voice command. A user said 'call mom' but it called the wrong number which happened to be a scammer. The scammer started tricking the user into giving out personal information.

Sure. One memorable wfh horror story was when a colleague accidentally muted himself during a very important presentation and didn't realize it until the end. Another is when someone's cat walked across the keyboard and sent a bunch of random characters in the middle of a crucial email. There was also the case where a person's home internet speed was so slow that they couldn't even load the necessary files for their work and missed a deadline as a result.

My personal assistant once misinterpreted my command to play some 'relaxing music' as 'waxing music'. It started giving me information about hair removal salons. I couldn't stop laughing at how wrong it was.

Sure. One memorable 'koa horror story' was when a developer tried to integrate multiple third - party services with a Koa application. The authentication process between Koa and these services got messed up. Tokens were not being passed correctly or verified, leading to a complete breakdown of the communication. It took days to figure out that it was due to a small misconfiguration in the Koa middleware for handling authentication.

Sure. One memorable horror story is when a designer sent the wrong file to the printer. Instead of the high - resolution final version, they sent a rough draft. The printed materials came out looking very unprofessional. Another is when a client changed their mind about the entire concept of a design right before the deadline. The designer had to scramble to redo everything. Also, a designer once had a project where the text alignment went crazy when transferred to a different software for final production, and it took a long time to fix.

Sure. One memorable horror story is when a student showed up at a career fair and realized they had brought the wrong resume version. It had an old email address and some out - of - date job experiences. Another is when the career fair was held in a really hot and stuffy room, and it was so uncomfortable that it was hard to focus on the conversations with recruiters. Also, there was a case where someone was misinformed about the location of a key company's booth and ended up missing the chance to talk to them.

Sure. One of my personal horror stories was when I was camping alone in the woods. At night, I heard strange growling noises coming from the bushes. I was so scared that I couldn't move for a while. I just sat there in my tent, clutching my flashlight, praying that whatever it was would go away. Eventually, the noise stopped, but I didn't sleep a wink that night.

One horror story is when a nursing assistant was overworked and made a medication error. A patient was given the wrong dose, which led to serious complications. It was a chaotic shift with too many patients and not enough time to double - check everything.

There was a case where an executive assistant misread the schedule and booked the CEO for two important meetings at the same time in different locations. The CEO ended up missing one important deal - signing session which cost the company a great business opportunity. It was a nightmare for both the assistant and the company.