Ever ignored that worried feeling....and wished you hadn't???

[florida-again]

eeeek....I received some documentation from my new job. I thought someone had told me on the phone I'd have to sign something and send it back, but when it came, it was just a contract and it said bring it in on your first day (not till september). It niggled at me for a while because I thought I'd have to send something back, but I ignored it.....I thought I'd read through those documents so carefully, I couldn't possibly have missed anything.


So my boss-to-be called me just now....he wants to know where is my acceptance letter, I was supposed to send it back! I'm not at home now to check whether they ever sent it and I ignored it, or it never was there.

I'm so angry with myself for doing that! Worse still I told him I definitely hadn't received it (I wasn't trying to lie, I just panicked and didn't know what to say!) I wish i could just go home and check...I feel like crying. To be honest, I may well have received it and in all the excitement, just missed it. I did read and re-read and re-read those documents though, maybe the letter really wasn't there, but maybe it was and I just missed it.....

Worse still, he's going to send me another copy (to my home address) and they need to receive it back in 10 days....I'm panicking now! I go back to university on Sunday....what if I haven't received it by then and have to wait for my mum to send it to my college address?

I can't believe I messed this up! I should have double checked when I started to feel weird about the fact that I hadn't sent anything back! I am so embarrassed, I can't believe I've made myself look stupid before I even started

 

[twojo21]

i always listen to my gut.

its ok just review the paperwork at home & follow up with the docs either way.

 

[florida-again]

I called them back and said I'd go in there this afternoon in person and sign the documents. Then I'm going to take a deep breath and put it behind me....

 

[SDFgirl]

I used to work in HR in a Fortune 200 company...I sent offer letters out all the time...and people not returning them in a timely manner is very common. Just do what you can to solve it as quickly as possible then put it out of your mind...I'm sure he'll forget all about it.

 

[florida-again]

Thanks, I hope you're right and he does forget it. I should have listened to that worried feeling in my stomach but I worry so much about things that people are always telling me to chill out! This was one occasion when I should NOT have taken their advice!

 

[florida-again]

Well, I went along and signed the forms. I was so lucky they even bothered to contact me, the terms of my employment were that I had to return the form they sent me (which I didn't). Thankfully they were happy to let me sign a new set long after the deadline. I just can't work out how this happeneed, I read...no...scrutinised those forms about a million times, I all but slept with them under my pillow! I have no idea how I managed to miss the part that said it had to be sent back rather than brought in with the rest of my forms on my first day.

I.AM.SO.STUPPPPID!