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Foolish Errors

Wednesday 24th October

Don’t post things in the middle of the night when you can’t sleep and your thoughts are racing.

Written by stu

October 24th, 2007 at 9:03 am

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  1. Another one is Don’t write resignation letters when you’re pissed off with your boss; I learned that one at my first job ;-)

    John

    24 Oct 07 at 9:20 am

  2. Haha. Or if you do… don’t send them!

    When I left my last place, I wrote about 5 pages of resignation letter. Then I went to i-resign.com and wrote another one which said:

    Dear [boss]

    As required by my contract of employment, I hereby give you one month’s notice of my intention to leave my position as [my position].

    I wish both you and [company] every good fortune and would like to thank you for having me as part of your team.

    I think that was for the best :)

    stu

    24 Oct 07 at 9:25 am

  3. But why not?
    Isn’t that a bit like saying ‘don’t think about things at night, just go to sleep like happy, ordinary people do’?

    henry

    24 Oct 07 at 9:31 am

  4. Thinking them is fine. But in your reduced consciousness you may post things you later regret.

    stu

    24 Oct 07 at 9:33 am

  5. Doing things you might regret and then not regretting them FTW!

    sweavo

    24 Oct 07 at 12:36 pm

  6. Good advice, Stu. Things have a way of looking different in the morning light.

    Debster

    24 Oct 07 at 3:29 pm

  7. I wrote a moaning email to Worst Great Western last night. Their site would nt accept it. In the morning, I am glad I was unable to send it (terrible english for a start)

    lordhutton

    24 Oct 07 at 5:02 pm

  8. I once wrote a bitchy email about the MD to my friend - or so I thought. I mailed it accidentially to the MD - for those cases it pays to have a really good relationship with your IT department ;)

    Kika

    25 Oct 07 at 7:36 am

  9. It’s a bit like posting when drunk. It is both Bad and Wrong, and ultimately will lead nowhere good.

    Kouros

    25 Oct 07 at 2:32 pm

  10. Oh yes… yes, indeed, Kouros. :)

    stu

    25 Oct 07 at 3:14 pm

  11. Did you get your new tyre pressure thingy?

    rob

    25 Oct 07 at 4:09 pm

  12. No, I didn’t, Rob. I haven’t managed to muster the motivation to go yet.

    stu

    25 Oct 07 at 4:14 pm

  13. Everyone makes mistakes, Stu. Post a simple apology, if appropriate and vow not to make the same mistake again. And get your tire pressure thingy, okay? I won’t be able to sleep until I know you have the correct amount of air in your tires! (Yes, I can be very bossy. Ask Plume!)

    Debster

    25 Oct 07 at 9:37 pm

  14. Don’t worry, Debster… I know that I have the correct pressure - I went to the tyre pressure machine at the local garage. You can rest easy.

    stu

    25 Oct 07 at 10:41 pm

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