How to apologize to your boss if you messed up
Was wondering what is the best way to apologize to your boss if you made a mistake?
This weekend, I drove to the city of the MD who interviewed/hired me (Chicago, but I will be interning in NYC, so I won't be working for him but simply wanted to catch up/meet for advice).
It was supposed to take 4 hours to get there, I thought to leave 5 hours ahead of time in case anything comes up. Turns out the roads were all under construction and with heavy traffic it took me six hours to get there. I was one hour late, felt unprepared and extremely stressed out. I had called to apologize while I was on my way - when I got to the parking structure the MD called me asking if I was still on my way and that he would come out and find me. The situation couldn't be worse. When I finally got into the office almost everyone had left except for 3-4 people - and I apologized again, saying 'I'm sorry for being late, I should of known to leave an extra hour or two [for traffic/etc/etc]'. The MD was still extremely nice, introducing me to everyone in the office and offering to help in any way. Later when I left I guess I was still dwelling/berating myself on the fact that I was late and this showed as I mentioned something about being late when I was leaving. Anyways, since I arrived around 4 PM and he had to pick up off his kids at 5 he said to just call him for any other questions, despite the fact that I said I could drive over another time. So my question is;
1) I plan to send the MD an email saying thanks and etc. Is there any way I can rectify the situation?
2) Am I making this a bigger deal than it actually is?
3) In general, if you make a mistake at work with your boss/colleagues what is the best way to apologize/admit your mistake?
Shit like that happens. I mean you left a full hour early. Sometimes things happen. I would write out a thoughtful thank you and just move on.
You are probably making this a bigger deal than it is. He probably said not to waste 8 more hours of your life driving to Chicago not because you screwed up, but because he didn't want you to waste another 8 hours of your life. Just write him a thank you and try to maintain the relationship with questions via email. No problem.
Ok - thanks everyone! Will shoot him an email Monday then.
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hes an MD, he was trying to do you a favor so you being early/late wont affect him at all, no reason to worry. im surprised you even drove that far to meet an MD you wont be working with, it shows a hell of a lot of dedication to do that in the first place and like captk says why waste another 5 hours to do something that takes 30 minutes by phone?
Send him a handwritten letter rather than an email. Even if he doesn't read it, he will still remember you
Why the hell would you drive 6 hours to just speak with an MD?
He's from Chicago. He's used to dealing with traffic-related shit (after all, construction is perpetual). It's probably cool.
Are you from IU (guessing from your length of travel)?
this could be a plot for the next curb your enthusiasm
say your sorry
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