They say that every new job has a learning curve, and we shouldn’t feel bad about making mistakes at this time, because they’re all part of the process. But what if those mistaken happen to be very, very expensive? Like, in the millions of dollars expensive? How can you even justify, for example, that a $290 million satellite just toppled onto the floor as if it were an old tree? Or that you basically split an entire Victorian house in two because of a crane mishap?
And what if the expensive mistake wasn’t made at work, but during your down time? The accidents probably wouldn’t involve so much money, but not having the learning curve excuse might make it even worse, right? After all, when you do something like parking your car on the beach while completely ignoring a little natural event called a tide, you can’t really say “well, it’s all part of the process…”
[post_page_title]Imagine having to explain this to your boss[/post_page_title]
Those poor guys. Imagine being in their shoes and having to come up to an explanation about why the $290 million satellite is lying down on the floor, as if it is taking a nap.
We feel for them, but at the same time, this photo makes us a little bit relieved. Because it doesn’t matter how big a mistake we make at our own job, it will never ever compare to whatever it was that these men did wrong.
