I don't work on Mondays. I did however, set my alarm for work last night, and woke up when it went off and started getting ready for work. Then I remembered it was Monday. Thankfully, I realized this while still at the hotel, and did not actually go into work. That would have been embarrassing. Those of you that know me, know that I do things like this fairly often. And so, in no particular order and from all past internships/jobs, here are some of my most embarrassing work moments. Enjoy!
- Getting stuck in the lobby of my office one night after the doors on either side had locked and having to call my office manager to let me out.
- On one of my first days, I was introduced to some people in the marketing department. One person I was introduced to looked so familiar to me, I was thinking in my head, "OMG! I totally know her, why is she shaking my hand and introducing herself to me, I KNOW her! She looks so familiar, where do I know her from though?" I decided to play it cool and shook her hand like I didn't know her. As I was walking away, I realized she looked so familiar because she had appeared on one of my favorite reality TV shows. Thank God I didn't say I knew her, that would've been awkward!
- Accidentally walking in front of a camera taping a TV show, and then hearing the producers angrily mumble how they can't use that footage and need to re-shoot.
- Breaking the mail machine and not telling anyone. Then when I went to use it a week later, it had been moved into the mailroom because people kept "breaking it and not telling anyone," and now with it being in the mailroom, employees were not allowed to touch it. Woops!
- Getting someone's contact info at a networking event and talking them for 30 minutes. Then coming up to him about an hour later to introduce myself and ask if he'd heard about the company I was working for. Then, nervously trying to pretend like I knew he was the guy I'd spent the past half an hour talking to.
- Being asked by an interviewer, "So, tell me about yourself," and after mumbling and stuttering, I spit out, "Whoa thats hard...uhhhh, next question?"
- Being given the nickname "Scrappy" by my coworkers because I was always tripping on the office carpeting.
- Standing in the lobby talking to a group of coworkers and after announcing that I was going to do real work and they should too, walking right into a glass case so hard that I almost knocked it over.
- Working at a really classy event and passing out gift bags from a very nicely decorated table. Getting tangled in the table cloth, causing the gift bags, flowers, oh and candles, to fall off the table.
- Tipping a delivery guy $20 of my boss' money by accident. Then having to call the restaurant and ask to send the delivery guy back with my boss' money. Then having to call back AGAIN after realizing they forgot my boss' soup and ask them to send someone back, for the third time.
- Showing up to work after taking muscle relaxers the night before. And after repeatedly telling my boss I was fine to do my job, falling asleep slumped over in my chair.
So there you have it, some of my most embarrassing moments. Post me some of yours so I don't feel so bad!!
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