Comments on: How To Apologize For An Error? Martyr Yourself! http://www.financialsamurai.com/2010/03/15/how-to-apologize-for-an-error-martyr-yourself/ Slicing Through Money's Mysteries Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:38:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gbenro http://www.financialsamurai.com/2010/03/15/how-to-apologize-for-an-error-martyr-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-29537 Gbenro Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:56:05 +0000 http://www.financialsamurai.com/?p=52#comment-29537 hey sam you're da bomb. Really i subscribe to your therapy. But right now i'm in a mess and I need advise on what to do. what I'm about tio say happened just few hours ago. I'm currently serving internship at a Filmhouse in Lagos, Nigeria, and early this morning my boss calls me to say that we got a presentation of a commercial that we made to our clients and asked me to prepare all we needed which included a preview monitor, video cable, DVD player and its accesories. I was going to be asissted by some other guy in-house. So, I began to get all the things and loaded them into the van we were taking then I remembered that the remote control for the player wasn't working and I knew it just wouldn't be nice to take the player for instances where a search play was necessary. I consulted the other guy and we decided to take another player that I was very sure was in good shape. He advised that we test the equipment but I was just too confident. We went ahead of our boss to the client's office and set up waiting for him to arrive. To my greatest surprise the player showed video but had no audio out meaning that there was visual but no sound. We had forgotten to take the speakers to the player. We then began to devise ways of solving the problem cutting the cable to work out some stuff. To cut the story short, my boss walked in and os that we had messed up and in about a minute the client came in and my boss had to buy time. Really inside of me I knew he "my boss" was very embarassed and almost flared. We eventually had to buy a new player which we used this after keeping the client for about 45minutes. To make this worse unknowing to me he had sent my Dad an SMS saying that I'm messing his life up which was exactly what he had sais to me. All these thoughts have been in my head since then and they seem to be resounding I feel so stupid right now but for consolation Your post really has really elevated the vicinity of my mind Thanks man... But I still really need some advise from you and every one who understand that life's about goods and bads. hey sam you’re da bomb. Really i subscribe to your therapy. But right now i’m in a mess and I need advise on what to do.
what I’m about tio say happened just few hours ago. I’m currently serving internship at a Filmhouse in Lagos, Nigeria, and early this morning my boss calls me to say that we got a presentation of a commercial that we made to our clients and asked me to prepare all we needed which included a preview monitor, video cable, DVD player and its accesories. I was going to be asissted by some other guy in-house. So, I began to get all the things and loaded them into the van we were taking then I remembered that the remote control for the player wasn’t working and I knew it just wouldn’t be nice to take the player for instances where a search play was necessary. I consulted the other guy and we decided to take another player that I was very sure was in good shape. He advised that we test the equipment but I was just too confident. We went ahead of our boss to the client’s office and set up waiting for him to arrive. To my greatest surprise the player showed video but had no audio out meaning that there was visual but no sound. We had forgotten to take the speakers to the player. We then began to devise ways of solving the problem cutting the cable to work out some stuff. To cut the story short, my boss walked in and os that we had messed up and in about a minute the client came in and my boss had to buy time. Really inside of me I knew he “my boss” was very embarassed and almost flared. We eventually had to buy a new player which we used this after keeping the client for about 45minutes. To make this worse unknowing to me he had sent my Dad an SMS saying that I’m messing his life up which was exactly what he had sais to me. All these thoughts have been in my head since then and they seem to be resounding I feel so stupid right now but for consolation Your post really has really elevated the vicinity of my mind Thanks man… But I still really need some advise from you and every one who understand that life’s about goods and bads.

]]> By: Chris Huntley http://www.financialsamurai.com/2010/03/15/how-to-apologize-for-an-error-martyr-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-8309 Chris Huntley Fri, 14 May 2010 20:04:27 +0000 http://www.financialsamurai.com/?p=52#comment-8309 Sam, You're hilarious. I really enjoyed your post. I could just see you sitting down for dinner in Alaska slapping yourself. This may seem dumb, but I have a 2 year old daughter, and the stupid thing I keep doing is every time I pick up food for the family at fast food or make something for dinner, I completely forget about her. My wife is always like, "What's Maysie gonna eat?" I always feel ridiculous and apologize but I need to get a whip like Silas had, and then maybe she'll forgive me. Again, great stuff Sam. Thanks for the post. .-= Chris Huntley´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.insuranceblogbychris.com/return-of-premium-life-insurance/" rel="nofollow">Return of Premium Life Insurance</a> =-. Sam,
You’re hilarious. I really enjoyed your post. I could just see you sitting down for dinner in Alaska slapping yourself. This may seem dumb, but I have a 2 year old daughter, and the stupid thing I keep doing is every time I pick up food for the family at fast food or make something for dinner, I completely forget about her. My wife is always like, “What’s Maysie gonna eat?” I always feel ridiculous and apologize but I need to get a whip like Silas had, and then maybe she’ll forgive me.
Again, great stuff Sam. Thanks for the post.
.-= Chris Huntley´s last blog ..Return of Premium Life Insurance =-.

]]> By: Yakezie Carnival #6 - Canadian Finance Blog http://www.financialsamurai.com/2010/03/15/how-to-apologize-for-an-error-martyr-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-6851 Yakezie Carnival #6 - Canadian Finance Blog Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:02:42 +0000 http://www.financialsamurai.com/?p=52#comment-6851 [...] Samurai presents How To Apologize For An Error? Martyr Yourself!” saying “A tried and true method for making up for life’s stupid [...] [...] Samurai presents How To Apologize For An Error? Martyr Yourself!” saying “A tried and true method for making up for life’s stupid [...]

]]> By: The Biz Insider News Announce » How Much Should You Have In Your Checking Account? http://www.financialsamurai.com/2010/03/15/how-to-apologize-for-an-error-martyr-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-6661 The Biz Insider News Announce » How Much Should You Have In Your Checking Account? Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:22:13 +0000 http://www.financialsamurai.com/?p=52#comment-6661 [...] How to Apologize For an Error? Martyr Yourself. Here is an interesting approach to handling errors you may make at work or in life. (@Financial Samurai) [...] [...] How to Apologize For an Error? Martyr Yourself. Here is an interesting approach to handling errors you may make at work or in life. (@Financial Samurai) [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.financialsamurai.com/2010/03/15/how-to-apologize-for-an-error-martyr-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-6517 admin Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:22:50 +0000 http://www.financialsamurai.com/?p=52#comment-6517 Indeed. This was my second year out of college apologizing to someone 30 years my senior. .-= admin´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.financialsamurai.com/2010/03/26/interviewing-is-like-dating-hubba-hubba/" rel="nofollow">Interviewing Is Like Dating – Hubba, Hubba!</a> =-. Indeed. This was my second year out of college apologizing to someone 30 years my senior.
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]]> By: Mike Hunt http://www.financialsamurai.com/2010/03/15/how-to-apologize-for-an-error-martyr-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-6512 Mike Hunt Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:52:36 +0000 http://www.financialsamurai.com/?p=52#comment-6512 Sam, I like your approach and no doubt you will refine it further over time. One piece of advice, when you get higher up don't slap yourself in the head. As the CEO of a small operation I've made my share of gaffes but a calm acknowledgement and apology does the trick. If you are the most senior guy in the room you don't want to see other people wince when you smack yourself! -Mike Sam,

I like your approach and no doubt you will refine it further over time.

One piece of advice, when you get higher up don’t slap yourself in the head. As the CEO of a small operation I’ve made my share of gaffes but a calm acknowledgement and apology does the trick. If you are the most senior guy in the room you don’t want to see other people wince when you smack yourself!

-Mike

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