I was once the director of a fairly large business, I didn’t really have a clue what I was doing or how I got into the position, other than getting friendly with the new owners when they took over. Amongst my many fook ups along the way, I was in charge of purchasing large assets, all I had to do to complete the purchase was send off a fax before the deadline.
I had no idea how to fax anything, and by the time I had got the cleaner in to help me fax it, it was 14 seconds after deadline. We still had to pay the substantial fee for the asset, but we’re not allowed to use it for the next 6 months until the next asset registration period began.
I have also been pretty poor in recruiting new staff, with numerous fook ups, including letting people go who the business needed, and keeping people around for a substantial amount of time, because they were good lads to have around.
I won’t go I to too many details of my fook ups, but still not been sacked yet!