First Failure in the Real World

I hope this isn't seen by many people, but if it is, I can live with that. So in my job I am given various projects from a wide variety of people. This failure that I'm talking about came from the second highest person on the campus. I was given an assignment from my boss to put together a video for this person. Well, I was given no clue as to what I should do, and I was told to put it on the back shelf for a while. I had planned to have it done with plenty of time to spare, yet I was told to work on something else in the meantime. When it did become time for me to get to work on the project, I had little time before my planned vacation. I left the island thinking that I had put the editting into capable hands. Well, now that I'm back, I find out that this man is furious because of the supposed lack of attention given to the project. I wrote a script up to the editor to follow. Not only that, but I had ordering created too. My mistake was not getting involved in the project more. My mistake was not talking to the person who requested the video to get a clearer picture of what was desired. I could easily say that the person who was in charge of editing my project dropped the ball, but I don't like to defer blame. I'm not a finger pointer. I learned a long time ago that it is more important to own up to mistakes and errs than to try and have something else take the brunt of the negative emotion that is generally created from a failure. This entry is not for a whine fest, it's to purge myself of feeling angry that someone made me look bad because they did not complete a project I was put in charge of. I am angry that someone had to save my butt in the end. I am angry that the person who wanted the project done had to endure something that seemed humiliating and angering. I hope this anger does not last long. This is like the one time in my life that I ever took a D grade in a class; I'm glad that I did have someone come to my rescue, but in the end, I still carry a bad name with this person for the time being and that bothers me. I can only hope that I will be able to prove myself to this person at a later point and have them see that I am better and can produce better than what was given to him.

Vent Ended......