Professional Mistakes

Geoff Livingston analyzes his worst professional mistakes over the Buzz Bin.

No matter your job, or where you do your work, everyone is bound to have similar experiences. Often, the mistake is made worse by trying to cover up for it rather than take responsibility for it.

Sure, brainless things happen and we can all learn something from them and sometimes we have to learn over and over again until we “get it” and sometimes our learning experiences can even be funny.

I have lots of things I could share from over the years.

I’m a nurse, and I used to work in the ER. One evening, I was chatting with a colleague in the (empty) trauma room where the most critical patients are treated.

We were joking around, and I must have been too loud, but I said something in the conversation like, “Oh, HELP me!” and suddenly, the entire staff came rushing in, ready to jump into action,

Only there was no action.

And they were not happy.

(via Work Shak)