Is there currently food in the office refrigerator that predates last Christmas?
People bringing smelly food to the office is annoying, but it’s much worse when it becomes a CSI case in the refrigerator. It’s hard to look forward to lunch when your sandwich is stored next to a rotted nectarine bonded to a half-empty yogurt cup. Will I be required to attempt to change out the huge drum of bottled water, which would lead to me staggering around comically with it, spilling it all over the floor and fellow employees nicknaming me “Splash”? They might also nickname you “Noah” or “Captain Sogster.” Will corporate e-mails be sent out with a subject line of “Urgent: All employees please read” when they are really intended for about three people? A good example would be the e-mail I got several years ago that asked, “Has anyone seen my shoe? I left it in the third-floor bathroom.” It made me wonder what was going on in that bathroom. Is there an employee in the office who prolongs meetings by asking questions for the sole purpose of promoting himself/herself? You know, one
