Coffee Table Declarations
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.
This morning as I opened the fridge to get cream for my coffee, someone's lunch came careening out toward my feet. Now who would perch their lunch so precariously onto an overstuffed shelf in just such a way that it would propel itself forward the instant the fridge was opened? Was it some kind of candid camera incident? Was there really a little man hiding in the fridge throwing lunches at unsuspecting people? And what did I do in response? I picked up the brown bag lunch and wedged it back into a tiny nook on the overstuffed shelf and quickly shut the door. I didn't hang around the kitchen, but I wouldn't be surprised if that lunch plunged forward onto the next person to open the fridge.
This afternoon the CFO was returning the calculator he borrowed from the CEO and he decided to leave it on her desk all wrapped in ribbon for no apparent reason. Was he trying to trick her into thinking it was a brand new calculator? Whatever his point was, he was getting a big laugh out of his own whimsy. "Um, it sure looks pretty" I said as he giggled maniacally... "with the curly ribbons and all..." and snuck off to leave it on her desk.
And for the record, today is my one year anniversary of working here. When I started I told myself I'd give it a year. And now here it is - a year. Isn't that a funny thing to say? As if we have a year here and there to casually spend trying something out.
This morning as I opened the fridge to get cream for my coffee, someone's lunch came careening out toward my feet. Now who would perch their lunch so precariously onto an overstuffed shelf in just such a way that it would propel itself forward the instant the fridge was opened? Was it some kind of candid camera incident? Was there really a little man hiding in the fridge throwing lunches at unsuspecting people? And what did I do in response? I picked up the brown bag lunch and wedged it back into a tiny nook on the overstuffed shelf and quickly shut the door. I didn't hang around the kitchen, but I wouldn't be surprised if that lunch plunged forward onto the next person to open the fridge.
This afternoon the CFO was returning the calculator he borrowed from the CEO and he decided to leave it on her desk all wrapped in ribbon for no apparent reason. Was he trying to trick her into thinking it was a brand new calculator? Whatever his point was, he was getting a big laugh out of his own whimsy. "Um, it sure looks pretty" I said as he giggled maniacally... "with the curly ribbons and all..." and snuck off to leave it on her desk.
And for the record, today is my one year anniversary of working here. When I started I told myself I'd give it a year. And now here it is - a year. Isn't that a funny thing to say? As if we have a year here and there to casually spend trying something out.
