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[Humbleton]

Messed up at work yest slightly. Felt very ill after docs appt in morning so asked someone to push back a meeting we had in the aft. Said I was planning to wfh as feeling ill. In the end for various reasons I ended up staying but didn’t want to mess them about by rescheduling yet again. I ended up having a very late one in the office and they were aware I was still there (think they asked someone in my team if/why I was still there). I get panicky when explaining myself and don’t know how to approach it if it comes up at today’s meeting. They are more senior to me

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Just be as relaxed as you can be. We've all be there.

A roll of the eyes and a shrug with a "Yes, I rescheduled because I felt awful, but then because of x/y/z couldn't leave. I didn't want to mess you about and rearrange the meetings again."

It's not a big deal, so don't treat it as one. Do your best not to get flustered.

If you're worried about doing it face to face, you could always send a quick email this morning, words to the effect of "Thanks for rescheduling to today, just to confirm our meeting is at . Apologies for rearranging yesterday, I'd planned to leave, but got stuck doing x/y/z"

Keep it simple

Maybe say thanks to all for letting you reschedule. Say you've not been well and postponing you extra time to prepare yesterday afternoon. (Irrelevant where you were really)

It's professional to go to meetings prepared and ready as opposed to hanging and poorly. I don't think it will remotely go against you that you didn't actually go home.