Oops!!!!

Back in Feburary the team I am on at work was out-sourced. Rather than lay-off 1500 people my company took all of it’s employees that were doing the same job as myself and moved us into a different support group (which I greatly appreciated). That basically means that I went from supporting Windows 98 networking to supporting NT, 2000, Exchange 5.5 & 2000, Proxy, ISA, Terminal Server, and IIS as well as some products that slip my mind right now.

Well, when I first started my new position I assumed that my manager understood there would be a period of adjustment. But NOOOO!!! We told me that I for my next review (only 3 months away) I would be held to the same goals as the people that had been on the team for 3 years. It kinda pissed me off, but he was my manager and there wasn’t a lot I could do about it.

Well, today I was having my lunch in the cafeteria when one of my old co-workers stopped by my table to ask how the new position was going. (Here comes the Oops!!!) I was very honest with him. I told him that I was doing great now, but my manager was an ass. I went on to say that my new magaer could basically eat sh*t for all I cared, and that I “hated” him.

No sooner had I finished my rant when I turned my head and my new manager was sitting at the very next table. I realized at that moment that I was spring loaded in the f**k up position. I’m not sure what will come of it, but I know that if he was trying to listen to what I was saying the he wouldn’t have had any problem doing so. And to top it off, I have a 1 on 1 meeting with him at 9:00 tomorrow morning.

Well, that is my latest screw up…would any one else like to share? :slight_smile:

I don’t see how I could top that one. Here’s hoping that your manager was too busy filling his face to pay attention to what you were saying.

Good lord, that’s rough. If you were quicker on your feet, you should have, upon noticing your boss, explained (loudly) to your friend exactly why you said that…

I remember once having a small fender-bender in the parking lot with a man who had borrowed a coworker’s car. Later, I was sitting in the break room and I made a (feeble) joke about it “only” being so-and-so’s car so it didn’t matter. Who turned out to be sitting behind me? Doh.