A girl in the office brought in some yummy hot chocolate yesterday. There it was, at her desk, a full, unopened box of hot chocolatey goodness. I gingerly ask permission to have some. She is generous and says help yourself. BONUS!
So there I am, in the office kitchen, embroiled in a bitter death match with the hot water knob thingy on the water cooler when SNAP...the damn thing breaks off in my hand. Picture me, standing dumbfounded in front of the water cooler, little red knobby thingy in hand.
Shit....Shit, shit, shit...
Maybe no one will notice. Maybe no one in this office drinks tea. Or hot chocolate. Or brings in Ramen Noodle Soup for lunch. Or ever uses this hot water...EVER. I glance down at the water cooler, little red stump where the knobby thingy should be. Shit. Someone will notice.
So, I'm like Speed Racer, flying around the office, rummaging thru drawers and closets trying to find some Krazy Glue to reattach the red knobby thingy. The only thing I find is a glue stick. Might work...might...maybe...only one way to find out.
I make my way back into the kitchen where I find almost every attorney in the joint standing around the water cooler making idle conversation. Like they all decided at the exact same time to go to the kitchen and have a little chat. Shit... And, all of them have coffee mugs in hand. Shit, shit, shit... Maybe they're here for coffee. Maybe they won't notice. Then...
Lawyer #1: Hey, what happened to the water cooler?
Lawyer #2: Why? What?....What the...Where's the hot water knob?
Lawyer #3: (raising his voice) What the hell happened to the hot water knob?!?
Lawyer #4: Is it on the floor? (yelling) DID SOMEONE BREAK THE HOT WATER KNOB ON THE WATER COOLER?????
Lawyer #5: Oh man, now I can't have my tea...
Lawyer #3: Look thru the garbage...let's move the damn thing and see if it somehow got kicked against the wall, look under the table...
Lawyer #4: (still yelling) WHERE IS THE KNOB?? DID SOMEONE BREAK THE KNOB??
It was an official hot water knobby thingy search party. Soon, the party included every lawyer in the office and their secretaries. So I did what I thought was the best option given the circumstances...
I slipped the damn knob into my pocket and joined the party.
50 comments:
LMAO! You should have "searched" and miraculously "found" it! You would have been a hero! Worthy of a raise for sure!
miss: thought about, but then I knew it would make me look guilty ;)
Baha! I'd do the same thing. Whenever I broke the copier at work or it ran out of toner I would walk away and join in on the yelling when our office manager found out. Then we'd sit around and bitch about the jerk who broke the copier.
oh that is priceless, hope none of them mysteriously read your blog !!!
Oh this was HILARIOUS!!
LMAO!!!
LOL! I would have done exactly the same thing. I believe they call that job security. ;)
lol! i wouldn't have said anything either if I had witnessed that kind of response from tea-drinking higher uppers!
That's awesome!! Now what are you gonna do with the evidence?
It's a good thing they didn't start strip searching people, that could have gotten really ugly!
I actually went soiled my sweats from laughing.
And you took a picture?
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Nice.work.
I love you even more now:)
You are my hero!
When I managed to spill my liter of soda right in the middle of the hallway, everyone saw me . . .and helped me clean it up as I hurried to race to a meeting I was already late for . . .so of course I have to call myself out on it occasionally when walking by the huge brown stain in the carpet. Yeah. I'm so cool.
LOL - you are priceless!
LOL! Faced with that many irritated lawyers, I'm pretty sure I'd have done the same exact thing!
hahaha! So, i'm pretty sure I almost peed a little when I read because I laughed so hard. Especially with the picture of it. hahahhaha.
Hilarious. I love it and would have done the same thing!!
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I would have soooo done the same thing.. what a hysterical post!!
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HAHAHA! That is totally something I'd do (as a child!JK). That's what you get growing up with 5 sisters...an ability to play along and lie, lie, lie. :)
OMG that was hilarious! Piece de resistance was the picture of the lost treasure in all its glory.
You're too funny!
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Pomtini
Love this! I would have done the same thing, and love it that you took a picture. Kind of like a big F.U. to the "Man"! You go, girl!
WAHAHA!! I hope none of them read your blog. There's only one solution. Break into the office Ninja style and fix it in the middle of the night. That would freak em out.
I can SO picture the full-on lawyer search party; I'm married to one!
This is hilarious!
oh, that was good and brought me right back to corporate life. i miss breaking office equipment (and stealing post its, too).
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Pure awesomeness right here...lol.
I must admit, I giggled :-)
The imagery in this post. Hee Hee Hee :-)
That's why we shall always be friends.
OMG!!!! This was the funniest story ever!!! Not just the fact that you broke it, hid it and then joined in the party - HA! But - I loved the writing - GREAT!! Thanks for this funny story! Have a great weekend. Kellan
DAMN IT...that was funny! You told it very well. I could see each scene unfolding. Friggin' funny.
- Chas
oh shit!!!
hey...have a great weekend!! don't break anything, k?!
You are soooo bad! I totally would've done the same thing!! HAHAHAHA!!
Oh that is too freaking funny! You are my kind of gal! If they are really that bent out of shape, well, they need to really remove the sticks from their behinds. I'm sure you have a little contraption known as the "microwave" on the premises as well. Let 'em do it that way.
ROFL!!!! I would have also searched and found it in some strange place... Turn a problem into a solution...LOL
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LMAO!! I would have done the same thing!
DrunkenHoney~BlogHoppin'!
That's SO what I would have done....
LOL!
Since my company pays lawyers a fortune every month I have to say..
Do you know HOW MUCH MONEY was spend searching for the little red knob?!?
Don't feel guilty, I'm sure they will bill their time to someone.
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Gosh Dang it!
Being drunk really messes with my memory.
I sent an award your way, you probably already have it, but I wanted you to know that I'm a fan.
Ha, Ha! Those damn lawyers and their tea! Geesh!
This cracked me up! Your luck is they have you all on a hidden camera!
I'm still giggling! That was funny as hell!!!
I would have done exactly the same thing - this is hysterical.How did you ever keep a straight face?
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I am laughing so hard!
Yoli
Shh... I'll never tell. Your secret is safe with me... and the bazillion other bloggers who read your posts. =)
BRAVO!!!! Exactly what I would have done too... not saying it was the RIGHT thing to do, but it was the best thing to do....
Har!
Maureen
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Hey girl - thanks for coming over today - hope you had a great weekend! See you this week - Kellan
Oh no!
Short of bursting into tears and saying "I was on my way back in here to fix it" I think that was the only thing to do. I mean, they were getting all antagonistic about it.
Hellza yeah! I'd join the same party and sport a "I Dunno" look on my face! Hilarious!
LOL! I can totally picture this and I would have done the same thing and I am an honest person, too. Lawyers just bring out the dishonesty in everyone!
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I would have done the same thing. LOL
glad you like the LEAP of faith idea! let me know if you want 'take a leap' and post about it friday and I will link to you in my post FRI. if you don't want that much pressure of a LEAP than you can always join in via comments
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BWAHAHA! That's AWESOME. I woulda NEVER fessed up either.
That is so hilarious! I would have done the exact same thing!!! You rock!
You are SO great!
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