{"id":12363538,"date":"2025-12-26T02:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/?p=12363538"},"modified":"2025-12-11T12:53:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:53:47","slug":"harriette-cole-work-from-home-blunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/12\/26\/harriette-cole-work-from-home-blunder\/","title":{"rendered":"Harriette Cole: I keep replaying my embarrassing work-from-home blunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEAR HARRIETTE<\/strong>: I had an important presentation to give for my job &#8212; one that I had to prepare a lot for and was nervous about.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\"><h2 class=\"widget-title\" data-curated-ids=\"\" data-relation-type=\"automatic-primary-tag\">Related Articles<\/h2><ul><li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/12\/27\/harriette-cole-one-sided-dating\/\" title=\"Harriette Cole: I feel like I&#8217;m chasing him, and that is so embarrassing\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title free\">\n\t\t\tHarriette Cole: I feel like I&#8217;m chasing him, and that is so embarrassing\t\t<\/span>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/12\/25\/harriette-cole-unhappy-hour\/\" title=\"Harriette Cole: The happy hour with my new co-workers was anything but\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title free\">\n\t\t\tHarriette Cole: The happy hour with my new co-workers was anything but\t\t<\/span>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/12\/24\/harriette-cole-girlfriends-request\/\" title=\"Harriette Cole: My girlfriend is pushing my boundaries with her latest request\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title free\">\n\t\t\tHarriette Cole: My girlfriend is pushing my boundaries with her latest request\t\t<\/span>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/12\/23\/harriette-cole-big-promotion\/\" title=\"Harriette Cole: I don&#8217;t want to rub my big promotion in their faces\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title free\">\n\t\t\tHarriette Cole: I don&#8217;t want to rub my big promotion in their faces\t\t<\/span>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/12\/22\/harriette-cole-need-a-new-job\/\" title=\"Harriette Cole: I love my boss, but I need to get out of this job fast\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title free\">\n\t\t\tHarriette Cole: I love my boss, but I need to get out of this job fast\t\t<\/span>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/li><\/ul><\/aside>\n<p>Unfortunately, I decided to work from home that day, and my Wi-Fi kept cutting out at the worst moments. I had to leave the meeting and rejoin multiple times, which completely disrupted the presentation and made me look unprofessional in front of a lot of my colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m embarrassed and worried that my team thinks I was unprepared or careless even though it was out of my control.<\/p>\n<p>I keep replaying the presentation in my head and wondering if I should have gone into the office and found another solution. I also feel like all my hard work was overshadowed by a tech issue that I couldn&#8217;t fix in the moment.<\/p>\n<p>My boss has not said anything to me, but I&#8217;m anxious about how this might impact his perception of me going forward. I&#8217;m normally very reliable, so this situation feels frustrating and irritating.<\/p>\n<p>How can I bring this up with my team and move past the embarrassment?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>&#8212; Bad Connection<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>DEAR BAD CONNECTION:<\/strong> A poor Wi-Fi connection is something everyone understands &#8212; even if it is irritating.<\/p>\n<p>Be proactive. Go in and apologize to your boss for the connection issues that compromised your presentation. Offer to avoid such a situation as best as possible by being in-office the next time you give a presentation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEAR HARRIETTE<\/strong>: I&#8217;m struggling with this weird competitive energy between me and one of my classmates.<\/p>\n<p>On the surface, we&#8217;re friendly &#8212; we study together, share notes, even joke about motivating each other. 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