To feel like a complete and utter idiot!!

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I started a new job a couple of months back in a school. The business manager was off at the time and whoever created an email account for me didnt pass my logins on to me. She returned to work and i let her know i didnt have any email logins. She managed to access my account and change the password and gave me a note of the new logins, which i thanked her for.

The next day, i realised i had misplaced the piece of paper she wrote this on, so i went to her office and apologised profusely and she changed the password again and wrote them down for me once again. I managed to login but I am also a student so I have another of the same type of email account. When I attempted to change the password, I kept getting errors telling me it wasnt suitable. I finally found one that met the criteria and set it for the computer to remember it.

I have then gone to login to my emails tonight and the laptop has no record of my password and stupidly i forgot to write it down. I have now locked my account and so will need to go back to the business manager and ask her to reset it AGAIN!!!!

I feel like such an idiot and I know im going to look like a complete moron. Its making me so anxious about going in tomorrow sad I have absolutely loads on my plate just now and normally function like a normal human being but im just so cross with myself and cant see a way to handle this one without looking entirely useless. Any words of wisdom?

When you get it sorted, take a snapshot of the details with your phone or use a pw app.

This sounds exactly like something I would do. It happens, especially when you’ve got so much other stuff to think about. Don’t be so hard on yourself. Go in with a box of chocolates and an apologetic smile and next time save your password on your computer.

Yes go in with a small gift and laugh about it. It will be done before you know it.

Its fine.

Honestly OP, as a manager in a school with admin software on my computer I change tons of passwords a day both staff and students and never give it a second thought. Many repeat offenders lol I agree with PP, take a small chocolate bar by way of a jokey apology and consider it an ice breaker 😊

I think you just need to own it and hold your hands up. And when you change it again, add it in a note of it in your phone or email it to your personal account - I know not super secure but at least you won’t lose that, and you can delete once you’re into the swing of things and doing it without thinking.

Yes take a bar of chocolate and say sincere apologies I will save on my phone this time. We are all human!