Boy do I have a tale to tell! My workplace offers its employees a complimentary birthday congratulation with a side of tax write off cupcakes. So being as May is my birth month, I wondered when I was going to get that minimal effort token! That's when my boss pulls up an email he got weeks back to notify me that the scheduled event was already taking place and that he was supposed to have notified me 30 minutes ago to report to the office. Being kinda miffed I decided to play up the hijinks when I arrived to the meet up location. Upon entering the room I see a group of people sitting at a table with a pizza. I then proceeded to make a flamboyant entrance saying I was sorry to be fashionably late. Looking around the room I smiled and said, "How thoughtful to bring me a pizza. I was expecting cupcakes, but free food is nothing worth fighting over." It was then that the entire room fell silent. All I got were surprised stares and angry glares. Not knowing what the problem was I commented, "What's up? Y'all act like I just shot someone!" That of course was a poor choice of words as apparently my little company birthday excursion was cancelled due to the recent workplace shooting that occurred the day before. No one had notified my boss or myself that the office was being used to counsel the employees who were suffering PTSD over witnessing that event. You couldn't have made the situation play out anymore comedically. However I do love the challenge so I leaned into the embarrassment and made a few morbid jokes for what amusement I could get away with before being kicked out of the office with a stern reprimanding, haha!

I went for the first time about 7 months ago on a 3week trip. I liked it so much I'm already trying to save up again for it.

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https://youtube.com/shorts/BqMkkg0b1qs?si=qlNGA0RysVZRJTo3 What have they done to the alphabet song.

My Baby Boomer Mother & Her Oldest Younger Brother (also Elder Baby Boomer) both love "Planes Trains And Automobiles". https://youtu.be/A6GNBsfVo-A?si=G7EnvFregeRSTUZB My Elder Gen-X Big Sister loves Dumb And Dumber. Both films have a lot in common with some differences. https://youtu.be/6V_Y05XB2_I?si=BksLMedy_t1oojqo