let me explain.
so i got invited to a fancy lunch with the CIO of our company because our team hit a home run on the last project.
he chose this uppity restaurant, and sure the food was great. they even had some little white chocolates on plates. but you know how those lunches are... with a CIO there you have to be hanging on to EVERY word he says, in order to kiss up to him and maybe get a little bigger bonus. it's stressful.
so we're almost done eating and he's delivering a big speech about great job, teamwork, rah rah, when i decide to eat one of the fancy white chocolates. i go to pick it up with my hand but it's a little melted, so while i'm still listening and nodding at whatever CIO is saying, i scoop it up with a fork and eat it in one bite.
that's when i discovered that it was not fancy white chocolate, but fancy butter.
i'm not sure what hit me first, the salty taste or the buttery warmth that made my whole mouth feel instantly disgusting. i wanted to spit it out, but with everyone there i had no choice - i had to swallow it.
i don't THINK the CIO wasn't looking at me. if he was, he didn't show it. but a couple other people definitely did. they just stared, apparently bewildered that i didn't realize it was butter. how was i supposed to know?! it looked just like a fancy chocolate!
nobody said a word to me about it and i pretended like it didn't happen, but i have a terrible feeling that everyone was talking.
i was so embarrassed that i had a stomach ache all afternoon and left work a little early. now i am dreading going back to work tomorrow, and am pretty sure that my career is over. everyone will know.
should i just deny it ever happened? or tell people that i eat butter all the time? maybe for medical reasons?
so i got invited to a fancy lunch with the CIO of our company because our team hit a home run on the last project.
he chose this uppity restaurant, and sure the food was great. they even had some little white chocolates on plates. but you know how those lunches are... with a CIO there you have to be hanging on to EVERY word he says, in order to kiss up to him and maybe get a little bigger bonus. it's stressful.
so we're almost done eating and he's delivering a big speech about great job, teamwork, rah rah, when i decide to eat one of the fancy white chocolates. i go to pick it up with my hand but it's a little melted, so while i'm still listening and nodding at whatever CIO is saying, i scoop it up with a fork and eat it in one bite.
that's when i discovered that it was not fancy white chocolate, but fancy butter.
i'm not sure what hit me first, the salty taste or the buttery warmth that made my whole mouth feel instantly disgusting. i wanted to spit it out, but with everyone there i had no choice - i had to swallow it.
i don't THINK the CIO wasn't looking at me. if he was, he didn't show it. but a couple other people definitely did. they just stared, apparently bewildered that i didn't realize it was butter. how was i supposed to know?! it looked just like a fancy chocolate!
nobody said a word to me about it and i pretended like it didn't happen, but i have a terrible feeling that everyone was talking.
i was so embarrassed that i had a stomach ache all afternoon and left work a little early. now i am dreading going back to work tomorrow, and am pretty sure that my career is over. everyone will know.
should i just deny it ever happened? or tell people that i eat butter all the time? maybe for medical reasons?
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