Quick Chat 019: What mistakes have you made at work?

In this episode, Kevin and Jack talk about mistakes they've made at work in the past, and how they solved the problem. Website: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/what-mistakes-have-you-made-at-work/ Share your answers to the discussion questions in our WhatsApp group chat! https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7 With listener mail from episode 14: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/technology-from-the-80s-and-90s/ If you could take a minute and complete a short survey about the podcast, we would be very appreciative. You can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/HHNnnqU6U8W3DodK8 We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future episodes. Intro/Outro Music by Eaters: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/the-astronomers-office/agents-in-coffee-shops/ Discussion Questions: 1.    Have you made any workplace mistakes? 2.    What mistake did you make? 3.    What happened as a result of your mistake?  Full Transcript:   Jack:    You are listening to the A-Z English podcast.     Kevin:    Welcome to an A-Z English quick chat. We're going to surprise each other with the topic for the day and see where the conversation goes.     Kevin:    Remember to check our website for study guides with vocabulary, notes, discussion questions and more.     Kevin:    There's also links to our WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media where you can join in the conversation.     Kevin:    And share your thoughts.     Kevin:    So today, Jack, what do you what do you want to talk about?     Jack:    So today I thought we could talk about a mistake that you have made at work.     Jack:    And so and yeah, and maybe.     Kevin:    Oh the work mistake.     Kevin:    Oh, that sounds like an interview question I ask.     Jack:    It does.     Kevin:    You how did?     Kevin:    You what?     Kevin:    What mistake did you make and how?     Kevin:    Did you fix it?     Jack:    Yeah, yeah.     Kevin:    But it is it.     Kevin:    Is a good thing and everyone has made mistakes.     Jack:    At work everybody has made a mistake, but I think I have one mistake that I made that was that was very much an unnecessary like I I just kind of.     Jack:    We call that.     Jack:    Like a forced.     Jack:    Error, uh, kind of.     Jack:    And So what job was this?     Jack:    This is a long time ago.     Jack:    I used to work in the shipping industry in Thailand, so I was a teacher and then I was.     Speaker 1    Oh, OK.     Jack:    I worked for a shipping company for almost a.     Jack:    Year now.     Jack:    And yes, this was a large company that did shipping in a lot of Asia and Southeast Asia, but they were an American company.     Jack:    Uhm, the mistake that I made was we send a lot of emails back in that time and I think you probably are familiar with, you know, working in an office or even if you're not familiar with working in office.     Jack:    There's just a lot of, yeah, there's like a, you know, there's almost like a, you know, these long e-mail threads.     Kevin:    I've been teacher forever.     Jack:    So you'll send an e-mail to somebody, and then you'll reply in that e-mail and send it back, and then they'll send it to another person.     Kevin:    Ah, yes.     Jack:    And so this long red starts building.     Jack:    On this e-mail.     Jack:    And so I was dealing with a.     Jack:    A person in another office in another country, but he worked for the same company and.     Kevin:    OK.     Jack:    Within that e-mail, I was replying back to my colleague who was in my office but in another room so we would send emails back and forth and I called the guy at this other office in another country I called.     Jack:    Him a clown.     Jack:    I I wrote it right in the e-mail.     Jack: