Part 1 of an ongoing series called Cadet Chronicles. Follow the adventures of Caitlyn Arigo, Whizbang’s Assistant Navigator.
Oh My Gosh 
!!! I am so embarrassed! I’m not sure how I can face my co-workers tomorrow after a day like today… I just want to crawl under a rock and hide forever. I almost lost my boss’ credit card!!! As the new girl in the office, naturally I am the one who has to run the random office errands. Today my errands seemed fairly simple:
1. Drop off a package at a client’s office. 2. Go to Staples and buy some rubber bands for Frank (the boss-man).
I thought I could handle the pressure. WRONG! Everything seemed to be going smoothly until I stuck my hand in my pocket at Staples and realized my boss’ credit card was GONE! Of course I start panicking, I tried to remember where I’d been while I frantically patted myself down to check any additional pockets and searched through my purse. After that was a major FAIL, I proceeded to frantically tear my car apart in the Staples parking lot. All I could think about was how I had to find that credit card before anyone found out. Suddenly my phone started ringing; of course the office was calling. I attempted to conceal my panic and the shame of losing my boss’ credit card, when I hear Molly (Whizbang’s project manager) tell me that Frank’s credit card had been found in our client’s parking lot. So much for pretending this never happened.
As I crossed town once again I began dreading my return back to the office. “Come on Caitlyn! How stupid can you be that you could lose your BOSS’ credit card?” I thought to myself. Thankfully I only had a half hour left of work when I got back today, leaving little time to be ridiculed by my co-workers about how I’m already losing my marbles. Uggg… I can’t go back tomorrow and be the butt of all the jokes again!!! I’ve never been so mortified at work!!! Now I’m just going to be known as the irresponsible newbie. I wonder if other people have had similar experiences where they were embarrassed at work.
Until next time….