New job blunders...and I haven't even started.

All week I've been telling people the only thing I hope for with the start of my new job is to not do something stupid.

Alas.

I had one responsibility this week with regards to this job, as my first day isn't even until tomorrow. It was to sign my offer letter and fax it back to the company. But I couldn't find the fax number, and it wasn't included in the email the letter was attached to, so I emailed the director, asking him where he would like me to fax the letter. Unfortunately I got an automated response because he was out of the office.

The assistant was out of the office as well, so I again emailed the director telling him I would simply fax the signed letter to the main line and make sure his name was on the cover sheet. I had a deadline for getting the letter back so I figured this was the best idea.

Again, alas.

Though he was out of the office, I got an email back from the kindly director, alerting my attention to a sentence in the middle of the offer letter (that I supposedly read) telling me exactly what number to fax it to. Frick! Then I got an email from him replying to the second email I sent, telling me that sending my letter to the main line would have been a bad idea because it's a confidential HR document. Double frick!

In the end, I faxed it to the correct number, and only the correct number, but can you believe I screwed up this early in the game? Ughghghghg.