Today we’re going to talk about what to do when you make a mistake.
Europa—cashier at Green Growing Things plant store by day, secret overlord of the Eastern Bloc by night—was addressing the leaders of the countries under her control. This wasn’t a mere pep talk; she was outlining her plans to use the next election cycle to begin her conquest of the West. Being pragmatic, she had Alex the camera person recording the event so the video could be edited to add peppy theme music and then uploaded to her private YouTube channel for viewing by any world leader who couldn’t make it to the speech in person.
At the end of her speech, she left the stage to thunderous applause. (Apparently, when you’re the person with nuclear codes for six different countries’ arsenals, applause is easy to come by.) She rushed over to Alex and asked, “How soon can you have this uploaded?”
Alex: It’s going to take a little while. Check back soon.
Europa: That’s fine. I can wait. I’m very excited.
Alex: It seems that there was a problem with the sound that they’re trying to fix.
Europa: Not a problem. I have the sound. Always be recording. You never know when a recording will come in handy. There’s a reason all these world leaders defer to me, if you get my drift.
Alex: Er, there was a focus problem with the camera, too …?
Europa: Maybe we can fix it. Give me the video and we’ll see.
And that’s when Alex admitted it. “Actually I didn’t turn on the camera. I saw the sound was going to be screwed up so I figured I’d give myself a little break.”
Oooh, boy. This was a mistake. A whopper of a mistake.
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