I was worried about today's store visit because I wasn't ready to face mistakes. When I walked down to the first store, I was afraid. I read every single copy very carefully and yeah.. I found several mistakes here and there. I wrote 'em down on my notebook and kept telling myself how careless I was.
Mr. Visual Merchandiser came to me when I was busy writing.
"Wow~ you got quite a lot (of notes)".
I just grin and felt terribly guilty.
When I got back to the office, someone told me that there were several mistakenly written price. Though it wasn't really my fault, I proven guilty just because it's my job to pay attention to every single word (or number) written on every single POS or ad or any other promotional tool. I just wrote what they told me to, and when they told me to write "UNDER Rp 300.000" I wrote that. Who the hell even knows that the exact price was Rp 299.000 and I should have written "Rp 299.000"?!?! (Well, they knew that, but hell with me and my job)
Why? Why they don't even give a little respect to this job that I'm doing?? I am not a typist!! I'm a copy writer and though you may ask me to type a hell of a price list, I will type it with all my heart because I am responsible for every single word and number on every tool!
*sigh*
Now I know I have to be more detail-oriented and careful person, and I will never let anyone invade my job. But the most important thing, today I stayed put to face my mistakes.
Lessons learned and the whole day turned perfectly fine.
:)
you know what, the most important thing i learned in this place is : DON"T BE TOO HARD TO YOURSELF. seriously. don't blame yourself for the wrong things. or, yeah, go blame yourself but then go easy, get a cup of tea and laugh. because your mistake is NOT entirely yours. things like bad ass brief, obnoxious people, stupid people, ugly people (hehehe) contribute as well.
ReplyDeletestand up for yourself if you feel like it's not your fault. if they told you to write 'under 300.000' but the exact price is 'under 299.000', it's not your fault. it's their fault! i did stand up for myself (against aliya hihihi) on my 2nd week of working. we had a big fight over a faulty catalogue that she made HERSELF then she blamed me for it. i stood up for myself and i won :D
and yeah, we're writer, not a copywriter :P
if you blame yourself and be hard to yourself for the entire time, you'll die. really. so just take it eaaaasssyyyy... there are things in here that just aren't worth crying/blaming for :)
eh maap jadi curhat gini hihihihihi...
i did, Dania.. in front of her and him (ask me later about them, hahahaha) We did job req crosscheck and yeah, it's NOT my fault! hahahahahahaha...
ReplyDeleteyou'll see me sit back and relax more often after this.. somebody get me coooofffeeeeee!! hahahahahahaha...
ahh every copywriter's whine.. i once wrote big in my twitter status: "I AM A COPYTYPIST". don't we all feel hurt by the people that think it's easy to write? don't we all feel hurt by the people who can't differentiate writing with typing? but that's reality.. and reality bites.
ReplyDeleteand yes, proofreading sucks xP
shallow minded people~ *sigh
ReplyDeleteHey nnisa! Thanks for dropping by my blog and taking time to leave a comment! :) It made my day! :)
ReplyDeleteI've been trying to catch up on reading your 30 Day Blog Challenge (i'm still not done)! Funny how your link didn't appear in my wordpress dashboard, I should've known you linked back to my blog when you were still starting this challenge. :)
Anyway, that's a pretty awesome thing to cap your 20th day. If mistakes are what makes us a bit wiser and a bit stronger, then I'd welcome facing mistakes anytime. :)
~Riz of chasingdreams.net :)
whoaaaa.... thanks for dropping by, Riz.. :) and for trying to catch up on reading my 30-day blog, hehehe...
ReplyDeleteyour blog inspires me quite a lot! :D