Yes, we've all been embarrassed or made embarrassing mistakes. And I DON'T mean the time you almost messed your pants. (Well, ok, maybe I do!
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This is a post that can be both funny AND serious at the same time! Remember, please stay on topic so that we all can share our embarrassing moment(s).
I'm cheating a little bit, because this was an ALMOST embarrassing moment.
I used to be the Publications' Editor for the Arkansas Press Association (APA). It was my responsibility to write and do layout work on a weekly publication; on a monthly publication, a slick, a saddle-stitched magazine; and on an annual publication. I also wrote publicity when the need arose.
This work included photography (I had earlier been Clinton's Official Photographer when he was Gov. of Arkansas); and writing (I had earlier written a play that was produced at the university, a play called "Mama On Ice," about two boys who kill their mother and then put her in an ice chest, but pesky neighbors keep dropping by.) I had also been the Features Editor for the University's newspaper.
So, I have a lot of training as a Journalist and in Journalism.
The mistake I almost made dealt with the word "
Public." Instead, I misspelled the word to be "
Pubic." This would have gone out to more than 100 newspapers throughout Arkansas and to potentially thousands of readers. I don't remember exactly what the sentence was, but to make matters worse,
the sentence made sense with this wrong word - horrible sense. I personally didn't catch my mistake, but the Executive Director did - (a real controlling bastar*, by the way.)
When one makes a mistake like this - and in one's chosen field - the error seems compounded. It's not like falling down the stairs and breaking your neck. If you don't survive, then at least you're dead and there's no embarrassment following such a happy happenstance. You're dead and nothing can trouble you. If you do survive, who's laughing at a guy with a broken neck?
What's your story? This can be a nice thread with analyses and commentary.
Don