To feel a bit embarrassed and tearful?

[CobaltQueen]

I am temping at the sister company this week. I am fairly familiar with it as been coming here on and off for a year, I had a migraine this afternoon but only had an hour left of my shift so didn't say anything. My colleague asked me to do something really simple , I was previously returning bowls and trays to another room. She then asked me to ' Go and get the tray with the cutlery in it that goes into the dishwasher' and I ended up giving her something completely unrelated. She looked a bit impatient so I apologised and she said it was fine and someone else came to help and was laughing about it. Not in a bad way but in a 'Oh, you are dozey kind of way. 'When I left for some reason I cried a bit in the staffroom as they were still chatting about it and laughing. Now I am worried about making another stupid mistake and them thinking I am really useless. The work environment is such that people complain a lot about one another and although they all say they appreciate me, I worry that now if I make another mistake, they will think differently.

YAB a bit U. Sleep it off, go back in tomorrow and apologise and explain you had a migraine. Next time go home even if it's only an hour if it affects your brain processing to the point that you can't follow basic instructions. And I do mean that kindly, I suffer from migraines myself and like to hide in a dark room when they come on.

I was nearing the end of my shift and we were short staffed which is why I didn't go home.

Definitely let them know you had a migraine and stayed because they were short staffed but in hind sight you should have gone home because you weren't functioning as usual. Don't be sad or embarrassed, you were trying to help when you weren't well. xx

You're over-thinking this. Just tell them you had a migraine x

I said “yanbu” because I am an over thinker especially in a situation at work in a new place where I don’t know people well so I know how you feel. I am like this sometimes in certain situations and I think it stems from mild social anxiety/shyness. From an outside perspective no one cares if you make a silly mistake , I’m sure no one gave it a second thought apart from you, honestly. Try not to worry so much. It is fine . And don’t apologise tomorrow. Just forget about it.

I just hope I don't do something silly again and now feel under pressure to do everything perfectly 😞

@CobaltQueen no doubt you will do something silly again at some point no offence. As will everyone else you work with, but you probably will not notice it. We all do silly things/say silly things sometimes without thinking and make mistakes.

Also please don’t feel pressure to do everything perfectly. You shouldn’t have to feel that way. No one is perfect. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses in a workplace .