Workplace fail

kimmymayhall
kimmymayhall Posts: 419 Member
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Everyday I bring a small container of cottage cheese for my afternoon snack at work. This afternoon I grabbed my snack from the shared fridge and was halfway through before noticing that it tasted a little different because it was in fact someone else's cottage cheese. I left a note on the cleaned out container offering them my cottage cheese and a Larabar as a token of apology.
I know it's not that big a deal but I felt so embarassed.
Any ideas on how I could have handled that situation better?
Stories of similar goofs are also welcome.

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  • _Stampede55_
    _Stampede55_ Posts: 69 Member
    Everyday I bring a small container of cottage cheese for my afternoon snack at work. This afternoon I grabbed my snack from the shared fridge and was halfway through before noticing that it tasted a little different because it was in fact someone else's cottage cheese. I left a note on the cleaned out container offering them my cottage cheese and a Larabar as a token of apology.
    I know it's not that big a deal but I felt so embarassed.
    Any ideas on how I could have handled that situation better?
    Stories of similar goofs are also welcome.
    Regurgitate the cottage cheese and pretend it never happened.
  • socko6774
    socko6774 Posts: 200
    you should have stopped eating it immediately, taped the cover back on and pretended nothing ever happened... sssshhhh......
  • socko6774
    socko6774 Posts: 200
    Everyday I bring a small container of cottage cheese for my afternoon snack at work. This afternoon I grabbed my snack from the shared fridge and was halfway through before noticing that it tasted a little different because it was in fact someone else's cottage cheese. I left a note on the cleaned out container offering them my cottage cheese and a Larabar as a token of apology.
    I know it's not that big a deal but I felt so embarassed.
    Any ideas on how I could have handled that situation better?
    Stories of similar goofs are also welcome.
    Regurgitate the cottage cheese and pretend it never happened.

    baby bird style, i like it!
  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,078 Member
    When I had a day off once, they had a temp in to cover me.

    The next day back at work I thought I'd eat my chocolate bar which was in my drawer, I took it out and a big bite had been taken out of it, I was so pissed off.
  • _Stampede55_
    _Stampede55_ Posts: 69 Member
    Everyday I bring a small container of cottage cheese for my afternoon snack at work. This afternoon I grabbed my snack from the shared fridge and was halfway through before noticing that it tasted a little different because it was in fact someone else's cottage cheese. I left a note on the cleaned out container offering them my cottage cheese and a Larabar as a token of apology.
    I know it's not that big a deal but I felt so embarassed.
    Any ideas on how I could have handled that situation better?
    Stories of similar goofs are also welcome.
    Regurgitate the cottage cheese and pretend it never happened.

    baby bird style, i like it!
    COP!!!!!!!! Peace out!
  • jenlarz
    jenlarz Posts: 813 Member
    mistakes happen. you handled it well :)
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,454 Member
    ooops. At least you 'fessed up and tried to make amends...that's the best thing you could have done.

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