Professionalism | Employee 'foul-up' after child altered work email

Some say that you should never let children play on your phone.

An innocent request to play Candy Crush can easily turn into an embarrassing message to your boss or an accidental selfie posted onto your work intranet. And with the robotic voice of Siri almost spurring kids to get up to mischief on their parents’ phone, it is unsurprising that one working mum fell foul after letting her daughter play on her phone.

Lauren Brown, a Senior Manager from Florida, took to LinkedIn and explained: “In case you’re wondering how my career is progressing, my daughter asked #Siri to call me “Poop Your Pants” which I didn’t realise until I was copied on an email to a client. Let this be a cautionary tale to all you working parents!”

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Her daughter had used Siri to change her email and contact information, much to her embarrassment.