Serenity
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I've been involved with a project at work for over a year. I have put a lot of effort and good work into it, which has been recognized by everyone. They decided to send me to a seminar among people in this industry to hold a speech about the project. Of course I said yes, it's a great opportunity.
This week it happened, they paid for hotel and plane tickets. It was 2 days, I was going to speak on start of day 2. I was well prepared and ready for it. For some reason I couldn't sleep, I was tired as fvck but it just didn't happen. I was laying in bed for hours before I finally fell asleep at 4am. I was supposed to get up at 7:30am and it started 8:30am, but I fvcking overslept. I missed the entire presentation I was supposed to show and I didn't get to do it.
Now of course the manager wants to talk to me, it's kinda bad since I was after all representing the company. I'm sure they won't fire me, but I don't think I'll get similar opportunities in the near future. I feel like sh!t, not just because I let down my boss but also because I really really wanted to do this.
All this sh!t for something as dumb as oversleeping. A lot can be said about being interested, confident, proactive and skilled at work, all of which are qualities I do possess. But it doesn't count for sh!t if the basics isn't covered first, like meeting on time. This just can't happen again.
This week it happened, they paid for hotel and plane tickets. It was 2 days, I was going to speak on start of day 2. I was well prepared and ready for it. For some reason I couldn't sleep, I was tired as fvck but it just didn't happen. I was laying in bed for hours before I finally fell asleep at 4am. I was supposed to get up at 7:30am and it started 8:30am, but I fvcking overslept. I missed the entire presentation I was supposed to show and I didn't get to do it.
Now of course the manager wants to talk to me, it's kinda bad since I was after all representing the company. I'm sure they won't fire me, but I don't think I'll get similar opportunities in the near future. I feel like sh!t, not just because I let down my boss but also because I really really wanted to do this.
All this sh!t for something as dumb as oversleeping. A lot can be said about being interested, confident, proactive and skilled at work, all of which are qualities I do possess. But it doesn't count for sh!t if the basics isn't covered first, like meeting on time. This just can't happen again.