gross things from the office

so every week, my office hosts a board meeting.

the members, who are volunteering their time, get a free lunch.

recently, it's become my job to handle catering these events, and boy, let me tell you, it's not easy or entirely fun.

i try to employ a little out of the box thinking in order to shock everyone into submission and pleasure for their free food.

it sometimes works.

anyway, last week, i catered italian, buca di beppo, to be more correct.

(or, if you're aaron, "booka da peepo," which i much prefer, anyway.) :)

buca di beppo is tasty!

yummy fettucine and lasagna, and so, so helpful!

also, their portions are HUGE.

so, while i catered for 28, the food leftover from last Wednesday's meeting ended up lasting till Friday, we had SO MUCH of it.

And then, Friday afternoon, as per my responsibility, I started cleaning up and disposing of the food.

Suddenly, a woman appears! and claims that she was going to take all the leftover food home "just so it won't go to waste,"

and i think, "great! less mess for me, more fattening food for her," and happily tell her it is now her responsibility.

I leave.

I have a great weekend.

and I walk in this morning to a nice healthy dose of lazy:

is that what you think it is, blogosphere?

IS THAT, ACTUALLY, UNWASHED LASAGNA AND FETTUCINE UTENSILS

that someone left sitting out all weekend long

instead of taking home and washing

and leaving here for "someone else" to take care of?

why yes, yes it is.

it's also what i call "disgusting," made moreso by the fact that the lack of responsibility involved is astounding.

i wrapped them up in paper towels and are taking them home this evening to wash.

otherwise, i'm certain they'd sit on the counter for days.

gggrrrrrroooooosssss

office monday

i had a couple of surprises this morning when i walked into the office,

the first, being, this lovely christmas tree.

for weeks, half the office has been complaining about the lack of holiday cheer, getting upset when other floors and other offices display trees and festive garland.

so, last week, in came the holiday storage box which is shoved away and disciplined year-long, otherwise.

and I got to sort through it.

the inside was a disaster.

the tree, a baby-sized one, was strangled in tangled lights and snapped in half. actually, it snapped last year so there was still duct-tape on one end of it, leftover.

the ornaments were broken and shattered

and there was a super tacky white felt tree skirt, supposedly designed to look like snow.

needless to say, it was disgusting. 

and so my boss went above and beyond, and walking in, today, we saw a lovely tree and lighted garland all over the office. it's quite gorgeous, and honestly, one of the first Christmas trees I've had the pleasure of admiring this year.

surprise number two is showing up in a post all its own momentarily....

creepy baby

there's a big, creepy baby masquerading an an adult in my office right now.

he likes to tell me about his party days and how he decides whether a girl is easy or not.

i tell him it's not office appropriate and then watch him shit his pants at work.