Welcome Aboard...Oh You've Worked Here 10 Years?

By A R
@rz3300 (357)
United States
January 8, 2021 5:03pm CST
I feel like this is happening more and more lately and I had a bad one today. I did not say "welcome aboard" but basically assumed a person I saw today at work was a new hire and started giving her some details she very well knew. Of course she was quick to inform me that she has worked at our company for almost ten years, and I felt like a complete idiot. It is not the biggest of companies, and people have been in and out due to working from home due to the pandemic, but man it was still a red-faced moment. She was super nice and I blamed in on COVID, but the truth is most of the time I just have my head down at work and could probably not recognize many people there. I think I will just assume that people have been there for a while, as to not make an idiot out of myself.
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
9 Jan 21
That is OK at least you treated the person in a nice way.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137251)
• Philippines
9 Jan 21
It is always covid's fault.
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Notlilie
@prinzcy (32322)
• Malaysia
9 Jan 21
I would probably try to make a joke and said it's 'welcome abroad for this year as it's just beginning' I can understand the embarrassment here. I am bad at remembering names and faces too
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
8 Jan 21
Whoops! I am glad she was gracious about it.
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M.-L.
@MALUSE (69390)
• Germany
8 Jan 21
Some people have problems remembering faces. Maybe you're one of them.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203449)
• Nashville, Tennessee
8 Jan 21
If you don't know, you don't know!
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Teti ariani
@Cheyee (8362)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
9 Jan 21
I am sorry if I am rude but ROFL, I am not good at remembering name and face but 10 years is really long time , glad she really chills about it.