I don’t have a clue if this is the right place to post but you guys seem pretty helpful on the other posts!
I (17 M) fucked up at work today, which I’ve never experienced before.
I currently work as a trading assistant (shelf stacker) in the UK for a very large supermarket business. Btw I have absolutely loved working here, the pay is great and the management know what they’re doing (well, at least compared to my old job as a waiter). I’ve been kept on for a few months after being a Christmas Temp, I’ve got one more month here and if I do well enough, I’ll be able to stay on permanently.
Today I was working a 5-9 which I love. However, this shift was going really weird, time just didn’t seem to make sense at all for me this shift and I truly didn’t feel right. I didn’t get much sleep at all last night either so that doesn’t help. About (what I thought was) halfway through my shift, I checked the time on my phone. I’m pretty damn sure I was 2 hours in. I move onto the next task (top stock on 2 aisles and empty this cage onto the shelves) where I got told that I was being extremely slow, apparently 45 minutes had passed since I asked what to do next and I wasn’t even 25% of the way through the 2 aisles. I decided to really pick my pace up and I thought I’ve been working really hard this shift, I was super proud.
I checked my phone and I had 4 minutes left of my shift, so I emptied the cardboard and clicked out on time.
My manager then stops me by the entrance and questions what time I got on and off. I say ‘5-9’ and he double checks the time with me. It’s just gone 8pm. I say how sorry I am and that I’ll get right back on shift and that it’s completely my fault, when he asks me if I’m alright. I say that I really didn’t sleep too well last night and he just tells me to go home and that we’ll speak about it next shift (Saturday). I seriously don’t even remotely understand how the hell this happened. I could’ve sworn I double checked to make sure the time was right and it was.
I’m super worried because this job is pretty damn important to me and I don’t know what’s gonna happen. I know I’ve screwed up for sure so I’ll obviously own up to it completely and apologise, making sure I definitely get that extra hour done next week. If someone could help me out on what to do and how I should be feeling about this, I’d really appreciate it 🙂