My boss is gonna be gone for about a week and wants me still in office (I'm his only employee, I just run the front desk) and mentioned yesterday about needing a flyer for marketing. Nothing too big maybe like 6x6in. I told him I can see if there's anything I can do (which was my first mistake) and told him multiple times I was not guaranteeing anything and I haven't used photoshop since high school, just that I would try. Went home to see if I could try to make something of it. Told him today that I didn't think I would be something I'm capable of doing after attempting it at home. He told me that since I'll have so much time while he's gone and “YouTube has videos for everything” that he wants me to do it while he's out of office. I told him straight up “this is something that is out of my field of expertise and I do not feel confident that I would be able to produce what you're looking for.” He told me he wants it figured out by the time he's back.
I know for a fact it's because he doesn't want to hire someone to do it, and I think the lesson I learned here today is to never offer to do anything at work again. I don't know if I'm looking for advice on what to do or just needed to vent, but I've cried more than once today at work and I think this is just what tipped me over the edge since I know I'll be the one to blame if it goes wrong. I just don't know how I could have said “I do not know how to do this and it's in your best interest to hire someone who does” any better.