12 Workplace Plot Twists That Turned Funnier Than a Sitcom
At the end of the day, your workplace is basically where you go to earn a living and doesn’t necessarily have to be the most interesting place on Earth. That being said, even the dullest of offices tend to have stories and anecdotes that can make everyone laugh and break the ice. Here go some such pranks and events that brightened the day, at least for the audience.
The CEO sends a cryptic email saying he has a big announcement. He’s an older dude, so people immediately start worrying that he’s either announcing his retirement, or announcing the sale of the company, or something like that. At the time, we were having a great year, but people were still freaking out that maybe he sold, and now our futures are in jeopardy.
Everyone shuffled into the conference room, where he’s there with a microphone. There’s champagne and candy on a table. He goes into this spiel about how it was our best year ever, and he couldn’t be more proud, and he heard the retirement rumors, but it won’t be any time soon. So there’s 100 people in this room, like, “Ok, so?” The tension was unreal.
“Please help yourself to some candy. Also, the executives and I are going on a Caribbean cruise to celebrate! Join me in congratulating them on this great success!” What followed was the most tepid, dumbfounded round of applause I have ever heard. I felt like I was on an episode of The Office. The fun-sized M&Ms were good, though. My dad told me of this doctor who would always pop open a Coke before surgery, take a few sips, then leave it on the counter. Others would always screw with him by drinking it and leaving the empty can. Fed up, he stuck a post-it note on the can that read, “I spit in the this.”
When he got out of surgery, someone had written, “So did I.”
