By Dave Siderski

I recently started a new job and I think everyone reading this can probably relate to what that experience is like. You feel completely overwhelmed but try not to let it show. My new boss gave me my first assignment on day one, whipping through the instructions with lightning speed. He then looked at me and says: “Got it!” I looked back at him with a smile and said: “Got it!” Of course, I felt completely clueless but I sure as hell wasn’t going to tell him that. For the first hour, the project ran smoothly until………

Now the system I was working with was called “Pro Forma A+Q”. One very clear instruction I received was: “DO NOT……DO NOT PRESS THE ENTER BUTTON WHILE PRO FORMA A+Q IS RUNNING”. The consequences of doing this, I was told, would be catastrophic. Now, I was good about this at first but sure enough my mind wandered after a while. Next thing I knew, I did the unthinkable and unforgivable. I pressed the dreaded “ENTER” button.