[siffland]

At my first UNIX IT job, my team lead told me:

Listen when you break something tell us. Explain what you did and we can get it fixed. You will make mistakes, we all still make mistakes.

That is what i always do and expect my coworkers to do. Yeah we talk a little smack afterwards (only jokingly), but were able to resolve most self inflicted wounds quickly. Nowadays what scares me more is a coworker who hides mistakes rather than one who confesses to them.