The Guilt of Being Me - justin_guber

The Guilt of Being Me

So I come in to work after my extended weekend to discover that not only did the team have a shitty-ass time getting that job done that I was telling you all about, but horror of horrors, there was a copy mistake in something I did. My superior noticed, tried to alert those with the power, and those with the power had already manufactured the fucker.

Fuck-fuckity-fuck-fuck-fuckery.

And to top it all off, this was one of the jobs I was extremely proud of due to the fact that it helped save us almost losing the account. But whilst I can still be proud of the concept, the copy is wrong and that is my fault.

In my review I had already been told that whilst I'm good at concepts, my writing itself isn't up to scratch yet. I was almost getting their with my writing skills a month or so back when I did a full copy ad, only for this shit to happen. Whilst I'm away. On leave. Chilling the mouse.

And then, to add to my stupidity, I took it out on my colleague next to me with a lot of raised voices and sweary words. Because of a doughnut.

Yes. A doughnut.

Now she's sulking. I've apologised but she's still pulling the cold-bitch routine (although she's steadily thawing out). Currently, I'm trying to do another job but the copy mistake is pissing the shit out of me. This is my second one. I do not like this.

I got a lot of shit in my last job. A lot of it was uncalled for, but the one comment that did have bearing was my sloppiness. I've since tried to remedy it, but it looks like I'm falling back into the trap.

And to any of my colleagues reading this, the doughnuts downstairs are shit. They're too doughy and taste like smoked meat.

4.5.05 04:12

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(4.5.05 04:57)
i've been doing this long enough to be able to tell you that it happens to the best of us.
Don't sweat it.
At least your copy mistake didn't get published in a major newspaper.

(4.5.05 06:22)
Cheers, mate.

Cyn (4.5.05 06:44)
If it makes you feel better, it's my job to spot those kind of mistakes too.. The so-called last line of defense and bearer of responsibility ( hence blame)

(4.5.05 07:03)
Cheers to you too, Cyn. My superior came back and so far hasn't mentioned anything. Now I'm worried about my team mates. Hope they're ok.
Great way to start the week, ladies and gents. Wunderbra.