So you made a mistake...
There are three basic causes of mistakes in the workplace. Ignorance, stupidity and carelessness. They are not synonyms. Ignorance is a lack of knowledge. Stupidity, on the other hand, is having knowledge and not using it. Carelessness is being stupid and not really giving a shit that you are.
I can forgive the first. If you don't know something, there's no shame in admitting it. That's better than pretending you DO know and then screwing things up beyond all belief. A lack of knowledge can be corrected. It can be addressed. It can be forgiven.
Stupidity -- well, that's different. If you know how to do something right and then screw it up, that's a bit harder to forgive. But since it does eventually happen to everyone, just admit your mistake and don't repeat it. Don't blame it on the "other guy" or the full moon or the fact that the Steelers won the Super Bowl. Stand up, face your mistake, learn from it and move on.
Ah, but that leaves carelessness. It's the closest thing to a mortal sin in my book. If you can't take enough pride in yourself to at least TRY to do something correctly, then I don't even begin to know how to relate to you. And you won't last long in any workplace in the world, with the possible exception of government.
PC ALERT: The above opinion is not considered politically correct and may cause some employees and/or co-workers to feel that their self-esteem has been injured. Tough shit.
I can forgive the first. If you don't know something, there's no shame in admitting it. That's better than pretending you DO know and then screwing things up beyond all belief. A lack of knowledge can be corrected. It can be addressed. It can be forgiven.
Stupidity -- well, that's different. If you know how to do something right and then screw it up, that's a bit harder to forgive. But since it does eventually happen to everyone, just admit your mistake and don't repeat it. Don't blame it on the "other guy" or the full moon or the fact that the Steelers won the Super Bowl. Stand up, face your mistake, learn from it and move on.
Ah, but that leaves carelessness. It's the closest thing to a mortal sin in my book. If you can't take enough pride in yourself to at least TRY to do something correctly, then I don't even begin to know how to relate to you. And you won't last long in any workplace in the world, with the possible exception of government.
PC ALERT: The above opinion is not considered politically correct and may cause some employees and/or co-workers to feel that their self-esteem has been injured. Tough shit.
posted by Just Some Guy on the Radio at 5:14 PM
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