# Whoops, I missed work.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-i-missed-work/327013>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 20, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-i-missed-work/327013 "2005-10-20T02:10:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-i-missed-work/327013/1 "2005-10-20T02:10:30Z")

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In the 10 + years I’ve been working in retail, I’ve never missed a shift due to mis-reading the schedule. Today was the first time. I got both the day AND the time wrong.

I left my phone upstairs with the ringer off while I made dinner. After dinner, I wrote out my schedule for the next two weeks (lots of stuff going on, a baby shower, a wedding, two birthdays and an anniversary, 40 hours a week at my new job, etc)

Good thing I got a second job today.

I feel really upset though. Mainly because I can’t go in, as I got up at 7 or so this morning and I’m already crashing (I couldn’t handle working until 1 am. I’d make more mistakes and cost everyone more time, especially since it’s my third day on the job.)

I know it was a stupid mistake, at a new job with a confusing scheduling system. I still feel like a moron.