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Thomas · 08-15-2009, 03:19 PM

Imagine the following situation:

- You might have made an embarrassing mistake. Not a huge one, but not small enough to be simply overlooked.
- You don't know whether you have, but you know what you (maybe) did.
- You can't find out whether you did do something wrong, and there is no way to indirectly gauge from e. g. behavior of others whether you did something wrong (primarily because you won't see/hear anything from others for a few days).
- If you assume you did something wrong, there is no way to make amends, or even say sorry for at least a few days. Also, it is very important to you that the situation gets better if a mistake was perceived, so waiting a few days isn't an option. Also, trying to make amends if you didn't actually make a mistake would be bad.

I might be overlooking something (leaving out a condition or not seeing a good way of action), but for the moment I'm stumped what would be best in this situation.

08-15-2009, 03:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Thomas Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 164	Maybe Embarrassing Mistake - What would you do? Imagine the following situation: - You might have made an embarrassing mistake. Not a huge one, but not small enough to be simply overlooked. - You don't know whether you have, but you know what you (maybe) did. - You can't find out whether you did do something wrong, and there is no way to indirectly gauge from e. g. behavior of others whether you did something wrong (primarily because you won't see/hear anything from others for a few days). - If you assume you did something wrong, there is no way to make amends, or even say sorry for at least a few days. Also, it is very important to you that the situation gets better if a mistake was perceived, so waiting a few days isn't an option. Also, trying to make amends if you didn't actually make a mistake would be bad. I might be overlooking something (leaving out a condition or not seeing a good way of action), but for the moment I'm stumped what would be best in this situation.