Saying you're sorry

So I really screwed up royally here. I wrote something I probably shouldn't have and I upset a few people I work with, all with my big mouth (or fingers). I said I'm sorry, and I've tried explaining why I wrote it, but I still feel like I'm Mr. scumbag...

Now I know that from now on no matter what I do, it won't matter to this person or people, (who really didn't care for me too much to begin with.)

What sucks is it feels like there's nothing more I can do to fix what's been done. I'm not backing down from what I wrote completely, but the way I expressed it was in poor judgment.

Anyone been in that boat?

How'd it turn out?

 

Was it a column? Or a screw-up in a story?

 

A post on the board?

 

Well it was a personal blog that wasn't intended for certain eyes that managed to find them anyway. I don't want to give too much away, but yeah, it wasn't very nice to a few people at work.

 

Shit, dude, you have to be a lot more careful. If you don't want someone to see what you wrote about them, don't put it on the internet.

 

Yeah, that was mistake No. 2 or 3. In the grand scheme of things the person really didn't care for me anyway so it's not changing TOO much, I guess.

 

Don't be surprised if you get a call from the higher-ups for a chat.

 

"words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by man."

 

Try to cover up all evidence, if possible

 

Hell yeah I've been in that boat, on this board in fact. And I owned up to it and dealt with the consequences from my former coworkers.

They weren't happy, and I apologized to the people I needed to apologize to. One accepted it and realized that I was a bit of a young asshole, and we moved on. Another still holds a grudge.

Nothing I can do at this point...