Humble Pie

I'm sure most people have experienced this before at work: something goes dreadfully wrong and you blame someone else for the mistake. They think it was your fault, so to prove that it was they who stupidly made the slip-up, you dig out the paperwork, only to find that it was you who made the big blunder! This happened to me yesterday.

Faced with the damning evidence, the thought of hiding/destroying it and saying nothing briefly crossed my mind.

Would I get away with it? No.

I then thought about how I could rectify this quietly, without anyone finding out it was me who had blundered. Unfortunately, the person I'd accused of making the error was already on the phone to the manager, who was supporting me and everyone could hear the conversation...

Gawwwd...there was only one thing for it - I took a deep breath and blurted out in front of the whole department, "OH NO, IT WAS ALL MY FAULT!"

The few seconds of embarrassment I felt were totally alleviated when the manager looked at the evidence, smiled and said, "Think you owe someone an apology then."

So swallowing a huge slice of humble pie, I rang up the "accused" apologised to her, told her I would sort the error out and that was that.

Did I feel good that I had come clean and admitted my mistake? Yes, I did.

But if I knew I could have gotten away with it, I would have said nothing... ;)