SwirlyPickle
SwirlyPickle

Oh God. I made a mistake at work

And they(not my manager but my teammates) most probably know it's me. I'm so stupid. They'll probably hate me and refuse to work with me now. Man, I really need to be NOT dumb at work lmao. I feel so bad and it was an honest mistake:(((

21mo ago
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TwirlyJellybean
TwirlyJellybean

What did you even do bruh

SwirlyPickle
SwirlyPickle
Google21mo

Messed up the formatting and value of a database :(((

GoofyPotato
GoofyPotato

Until and unless you blew up the production database or made some financial error it should be fine

ZestyBiscuit
ZestyBiscuit

I have made multiple mistakes lol. It’s always terrifying but nothing will happen probably 😅

JumpyCoconut
JumpyCoconut

Be upfront and go with a plan. Don’t wait for folks to play cat and mouse and then reach you. I don’t think there’s anyone in IT who hasn’t been in this phase.

FluffyNugget
FluffyNugget
Plivo21mo

After 2-3 years u’ll look back and smile on this haha

SquishyBanana
SquishyBanana

It’s okay. Shit happens. Try to fix things asap.

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