the cold war
sometimes during my lunch break i get bored so i sit here in my office with my baby carrots and pepper my coworkers with links to best week ever.
From: Tessa
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:38 PM
To: Jaime; Faye
Subject: most hetero man-to-man slaphttp://www.bestweekever.tv/2008/06/19/for-your-consideration-most-hetero-man-to-man-soap-opera-slap/
I love best week ever
i’ve probably mentioned this before, but my office is known as “the fishbowl” given it’s strategic location as the only office in plain view of the lobby & several feet down the hall. (thank you 8ft glass doors). i’m sitting here with the door closed, chuckling to myself about man-slapping, when i look up and see both jaime & faye standing at the front desk looking at me, shaking their heads. they must have gotten my email & have clearly conspired to respond with something of equal or greater hilariousness.
this is the beauty of email: the sender could be all the way across the globe or they could be staring at you from ten feet away waiting for your reaction like a chimp in the zoo. all sneering.
From: Faye
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:40 PM
To: Tessa
Subject: RE: most hetero man-to-man slapDude…
You complete me.
they’re all still looking at me. herher, cute. but clearly not to the scale of funny that i provided. actually that wasn’t even qualified to be in the contest for office email comedy. that’s not even a funny email at all. the reference is too old & tired. seriously, that’s it? that’s what their grand response was? i mean god it must kind of suck to know that when it comes to down to it i’m pretty much the master of finding the f…
that’s when jaime suddenly opens the door to my office & sniffs at me (all wide eyed surprised with a mouthful of carrot).
jaime: gawd…it smells like soup in here. kind of like a nursing home.
then leaves.
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