Is it just me or does everyone accidentally do something stupid or embarrassing within the first two months at any new job? 😬

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At one place I freelanced, the boss and the office manager/HR/general freelance manager had very similar names. One day the boss came over and said that they really liked the open approach I had taken to asking for things, sharing opinions, etc on the workplace. I had thought I was emailing the office manager for things. It worked out well but it was still massively embarrassing.

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Not just you! But care to share?!

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Ugh too many, from bad improv jokes to trying to fit in with the new team stuff gone wrong, but this one really has me sweating

I searched for a funny youtube video as a reference during an internal pitch, but I hadn’t watched it in years and didn’t realize the language was outrageously obscene and lewd… wasnt sure weather to keep it playing and eventually just stopped it and fumbled over my words trying to cover my ass

i wrote an email apologizing to everyone for the incident 😵‍💫

I do not claim this energy.

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When I was an intern at Canon, I bought a VW Beetle (stick) and was learning how to drive it. My 3rd week there I accidentally left it in neutral and it rolled into some higher-up’s Mercedes in the parking lot. True story. More than a decade later my most mortifying work moment.

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Back when I drove a stick, I woke up at 5AM one day to what sounded like a parade outside my window. Apparently I never set the brake and my car had rolled out of the driveway and reparked itself across two lanes of traffic. Whoopsie daisy.

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It depends, please remember the “no face, no case” rule of employment.

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This person has no idea what that phrase means

I mean of course lol. I do something stupid or embarrassing every two months or so in general though 😂

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same 😬

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Wait, just the first two months?

Ah, crap.

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