Calm me down, please. Help.
Recently I started to network and set up an appointment to meet a family friend who works at a BB around noon today. (Think VP/Director level.) His family has had a good impression of me and then..
I overslept. The next thing I know my dad was waking me up and it was ~5PM.
I don't know what happened. My iHome was on close to maximum volume, and it was not set to 10PM by accident. I went to bed at a reasonable time..
The family friend ended up calling my parents asking "what happened" about 30 minutes past our meeting time. My dad just called back and left a voicemail saying how he just found me in my bed, (Yea goes half of my possible damage controls.) and that I'll call later to apologize.
Just how badly did I fuck up? Family friend knows I'll be applying to the BB this summer (top choice for the summer, heh). What do I do and say now to minimize the damage?
...I'm really embarassed (no shit) and I don't know what to do. Please help. Thank you..
Perhaps you should have chosen a different screen name...
touche, smuguy97, touche.
so wait...you went to bed at 10pm and woke up at 5pm? you slept for 19 hours? sorry, but i don't buy that. if you were up til 6am, thought you can get 5 hours in, take a quick shower and get dressed for the meeting....seems you lose. if that's what happened, tough luck--you fucked up.
however, if you do have a reasonable excuse, i'd recommend trying to spin it as some sort of serious sickness. normal people don't wake up at 5pm, so you need a solid excuse for why this took place. perhaps a really bad case of food poisoning, migraine headache, etc. make sure it's something reasonable and believable. other than sickness, i guess i don't really see a way of explaining this. hopefully this person will be more understanding given his being a family friend. if possible try to spin this into a joke later on.
hahaha, smuguy97.
yeah, I think your dad really fucked you on this one by saying he found you in bed. WACC, I don't think saying that she was sick would work. Thats been played out too much, no one would beleive it.
Given the lack of options, thanks to your dad, maybe be like you just really wanted to make a good impression or something and that you were up all night trying to find a way to accomplish this (thinking of possible questions to ask, researching the bank etc).
BTW, does this VP know that you slept in till 5pm? If so, I think you may be screwed.
Um yea I think I can have a lot more to say if my dad didn't immediately leave a VM.
Sammy: Yes. I stayed up until semi-wee hours (until ~7 hours before my alarm) doing research online. Guess that backfired big time.
Well, daddy-dear (who thought it would be funny to rub it in by repeating "you fucked up" to me) said "and I found her in bed" in the voicemail. It's implied that I was still sleeping.
If he's a good family friend, he'll understand. Not much you can do besides own up to it and apologize. I'm sure he'll find another time to meet with you.
Dont start blaming your dad.
Just learn from this. What I usually do it have 2-3 alarm clocks (no joke) when I have something important to do. This morning for my interview, i set my alarm and my phone (and i got 3.5 hours of sleep :P).
take it easy spaz... we've all been late for things. hell, i missed half my finals and i slept through my convocation... what can i do, i'm a child of divorce
lol good for you
if he's a good family friend, he'll let it go. honesty does work in your favor sometimes.
Maybe if you are sleeping until 5pm you arent cut out for this job... you arent going to get that opportunity much....ever.
im a little confused. if a reasonable time is between 12-3AM, at best you still slept 14 hours. how??? i'm calling bs on this.
haha... i've done that once. I still feel my stomach drop when I think about it. Waking up and immediately looking at the clock to see you've overslept and blew someone of is the worst feeling in the world. In my case, I overslept and the other person ended up losing $$ he paid to reserve a spot at an expensive french restaurant.
Shit like this happens to everyone. Everything will work out, and this is just something you'll laugh off in the future.
While I agree with fhs211 (we've all done something similar and it makes us feel like shit to think about it), I also think your screen name reflects an arrogant attitude. Your screen name makes me think you deserved what happened to you. Sleep isn't for the weak. "Sleep is for the weak. hahaha." It's fun to say, but it's stupid. Everyone needs sleep. Practically every banker you talk to will say he/she wants more sleep. Sleep is rejuvenating. Sleep is important.
But we've all made mistakes. Maybe this opportunity will be gone forever. Maybe not. The important question to ask is: Did you learn anything from it? If not, then my intuition was right: you're an arrogant moron. If you've learned something, then it was a valuable mistake.
F9 - you are a retard. Judging someone based on their screenname and writing two paragraphs elaborating on it - really? Nothing the poster said has conveyed arrogance or anything related. Your sharp criticism and your scolding demeanor (as if you really have something to teach this person... please...) are both laughable.
Maybe I've just been in the office too long but this whole string is totally hilarious.
I'm pretty sure F9 - Update is not a retard. I've seen retards and they can barely type... and if they do its usually a string of characters that is generally meaningless.
the sleeping beauty may be arrogant, but a moron? I say nay.
i'm sure you'll be fine. think of it this way, you'll be looking at this situation months from now after you landed a BB SA and will have a good story to tell your co-workers and such.
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