"If the earth explodes because of another careless error tomorrow, I'm really sorry about that."
I, for one, will be thrilled. Maybe when I'm dead I can finally get some sleep.
When you are seriously overwhelmed with work, your first instinct is to work faster. Rip through your projects at break-neck speed so that you can get more done in the limited time you have. Of course the faster you go, the sloppier you are and the more errors you make, so there's definitely a trade-off. This morning I ran across a mistake from yesterday's work that was so massive that I very nearly had to fire myself. Fortunately, I caught the problem before it blew up and destroyed half the galaxy. Because, you know, my job is heinously important like that. And, if you didn't know, I guess you do now.
I am dreading going to work tomorrow for fear of what mistakes I might find from today.
I was working on four projects simultaneously, so who knows what could have happened?
If the earth explodes because of another careless error tomorrow, I'm really sorry about that.
Just be careful not to divide by zero. Black holes caused by such actions can be a real bugger to mop up.
Posted by Christian on August 06, 2008 | Reply
No explosions yet but my fax machine has been down for over an hour. Mind if I blame that on you?
Posted by Captain Dumbass on August 06, 2008 | Reply
Well, I'm headed towards the end of yesterday's tomorrow right now, and I can tell you that everything is looking ok. Sometimes it's so handy to read your blog from the future!
Posted by serap on August 06, 2008 | Reply
Dude. The earth is going to explode? Tomorrow? Dang. I was hoping to get drunk this coming weekend.
Posted by Coal Miner's Granddaughter on August 06, 2008 | Reply
Does this mean we can also blame you for rising gas prices, jobless rate, credit crisis, inflation, recession, oh wait...we aren't in a recession! Silly me! Well, you did say the earth could possibly explode due to your error rate.
I think that you are, uh, human. I've never met anyone who doesn't make mistakes when they are overworked and trying to make too many things happen at one time.
Usually, when I make mistakes at work they are doozies. When I worked as a database administrator I once blew up something so badly that it took a year to correct it. My former co-worker still talks about it 15 years later it was that good.
I hope you were able to get things on track today and that you aren't working yourself into the ground.
Dude. I totally understand where your head is right now. I spent 4 1/2 hours straight yesterday editing sound for a show that opens tomorrow night, and because we were moving so fast, we didn't realize that one piece of music that we'd pulled was the totally wrong movement. The actor in the show was very nice about it, but I was mortified. Plus we had layered that music into about 5 other cues that all had to be redone. Argh. Not earth-shattering stuff, but in my world, very important.
I know what you mean. Whenever I try to rush something I usually end up fucking something up. I've learned to tell myself to SLOW DOWN before I do any damage. :)
I came to tell you that your Twitter cracks me up all day long!!!
Posted by joy on August 06, 2008 | Reply
My father used to have a sign on his desk that read, "The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get." I guess that is true.
Posted by Been there, Done that on August 06, 2008 | Reply
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