funny personal assistant stories

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.

I heard of a personal assistant that was supposed to give directions to a library. Instead, it gave directions to a liquor store. When the person asked it to correct, it said 'Oh, I thought you wanted to find some liquid knowledge!' That was quite a creative and funny mix - up.

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.

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.

Technical glitches are also quite common. Sometimes they stop working suddenly or start doing things they're not supposed to, like turning on all the smart home devices at once for no reason. It can be really frustrating and a bit scary when you don't know what's going on. Well, also, there are cases where they can be used for malicious purposes if hacked. Hackers can use the personal assistant to spy on you or steal your identity.

Well, there was a case where a celebrity's personal assistant was asked to do some really unethical things. For example, the celeb wanted the assistant to lie to the media about their whereabouts during a scandal. The assistant was in a very difficult position as they didn't want to lose their job but also didn't want to be involved in unethical behavior. And also, some celebs are so demanding that they expect their assistants to be available at all times, even on holidays and family emergencies, which is really horrible for the assistants.

Overwork is a common element. Assistants often have to work long hours with no breaks. Another is disrespect. Celebs might treat their assistants like servants rather than professionals.

One characteristic is the close proximity between the two main characters. Since they work together as assistant and employer, they are often in each other's company a lot, which allows for a natural development of feelings. For example, in 'The Rosie Project', they spend a great deal of time on the 'project' which leads to a deeper connection.

There was a medical assistant who was trying to show a new piece of medical equipment to a patient. But instead of demonstrating it properly, he got all tangled up in the wires and ended up looking like he was caught in a web. The patient couldn't stop laughing, and the assistant joined in too, and then they both calmed down and the assistant finally managed to show how the equipment worked. Well, after a lot of untangling first, of course.

Once, a teaching assistant was demonstrating a science experiment about static electricity. He rubbed a balloon on his head so vigorously that his hair stood up all over like a crazy Einstein. The students burst into laughter, and from then on, every time they had a science class, they would ask him to do the 'balloon hair' trick again.