Goodness what a day!
Well, actually, the "day" itself wasn't bad....I enjoyed it for the most part and the evening should be even better.
But boy did I screw one thing up.
And it sounds like Keystone Kops only worse!
I had a death notice to put out.
When I received the information it was sketchy at best.
I had a dozen other jobs on my desk and on my mind, but I searched out the Funeral Home on line and thought I'd found the person who had passed.
I printed out their information and read it.
No mention of the family name I was looking for - the family name of employees for whom I was issuing the notice, a father and son.
Decided I had something wrong. And then I found just a first name - no last - as a step son, so I figured that out.
I created the notice and sent it to my boss to approve it. I also included the paperwork I'd accumulated trying to decipher the thing.
He brought out the paper work to me, scratching his head, and I explained what I'd figured out. OK, says he.
At about midnight last night I realized that that probably meant it was good to go, but it hadn't, I had neglected to send it out.
This morning early one of the other bosses asked me about it and I replied, "oh thanks for reminding me - it'll go right out"
and it did.
Unproofed, it turns out.
I got the first call from yet another boss. Seems I'd had an id # correct in the title, but flip-flopped the numbers down in the body of the notice.
I assumed (you know what that does!) that he hadn't seen anything else wrong.
I sent an apology out to all for the typo. (Turns out I hit two p's and spelled it appology!)
The second error was found later by a secretary. It seems my auto correct had changed Friday to the day I typed it....Tuesday!
So I sent out yet another corrected version. (these are going to about 225 people or more!)
And then I got the e-mail.
Seems I'd had the relationship correct in the title, too, but in the body I'd left out the "step-father" so what I'd done is made the deceased the grandfather of his step-son and his grandson. "I'm my own grandpa?"
This time I laughed. I moaned a little too.
And I went to lunch and had a Gelato - for lunch - it was delish and I don't care!!!
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