The problem with predictive text...

Hannah_Alumni
Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,866 Championing
in Coffee lounge
I had a Chinese for dinner last night and when I was discussing this with my Scope colleagues it made me remember to check the restaurant's message box for predictive text. 

As I have a stoma, I cannot eat beansprouts. So I put a little message to say "Please, no beansprouts in the chicken chow mein". Well, last time I ordered, it changed it to "Please, no beansprouts in the chicken chow meow". 

To say I was mortified! I was then apologising to the delivery driver (who is a child of the owner of the business). He doubled over in laughter, thank gosh! But I felt so embarrassed!

Over to you...
Has predictive text ever embarrassed you? 

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  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,129 Championing
    Lol I would of hated opening that door @Hannah_Scope

    I do find myself double checking now before I press send 

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 11,423 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    I have had some very silly predictive text mishaps, though I won't post them here as they're not PG.  :D 
  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,866 Championing
    @Sandy_123 I wish I could have sent my mum. Thankfully I've ordered from the same place for a decade! So they found it just as funny. I think I need to start double checking! 😂

    @Albus_Scope I've had a few that were not exactly PG before. Thankfully just to friends who also found them funny!

    I did once submit the electronic copy of an assignment at university. The predictive text on the submission form changed my last name. A few weeks later my lecturer asked if it was my essay or does he have a student he's never met 😂
  • C_J
    C_J Online Community Member Posts: 715 Empowering
    Yep predictive text is ok when it works I've sent text messages and then thought oh no.

    Not having a computer and writing reviews by mobile phone can have an unexpected outcome and when I go back and read it I think "that's not what I wrote.

    I try to read them before hitting send but it can still catch me out now and then so your not on you own @Hannah_Scope
  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,866 Championing
    @C_J I have the same thought, "that's not what I wrote" 😂

    @woodbine I think that may be the way to go! 
  • C_J
    C_J Online Community Member Posts: 715 Empowering
    I didn't know you could turn predictive text off I'm not overly technically minded but then again my spelling is not great either.
  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,866 Championing
    @C_J my awful spelling is why I kept it on 😂
  • C_J
    C_J Online Community Member Posts: 715 Empowering
    @Hannah_Scope lol you wouldn't believe the times I say "Alexa how do you spell" when I'm writing something.

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