May 06, 2004

Calling In Sick

So yesterday I had a little headache when I went in to work. One of my coworkers asked why I looked so un-cheerful.
"Oh" I said. "Got a bit of a headache."
Then, as I do everything, I decided to turn it into a joke....

"Or maybe" I continued, "I have Ebola."
Dead silence all around.
"Uh...." spoke up one bright young hope for our future. "What's Ebola?"
Me: "It's that disease, the one that started with monkeys, that's very very deadly... makes all your organs turn to mush and your blood just explode out of you."
More dead silence.
Coworker:"You're makin' that up."
Me: "No, I'm NOT. There was even a movie about it. With Dustin Hoffman."
Coworker:"Who?"
Me: "Dustin Hoffman. He was in "Tootsie"..... "Rain Man"... oh c'mon. "
Coworker:"He's that retarded guy, right?"
Other coworker: "Maybe that earbowl-ah made him retarded. "
Coworker: "Ooooh, yeah dawg, disease can do that."
Other coworker: "Yeah, cos my cousin had a real high temp and it cooked his brain and now he's all special."
Me: "Only your cousin?"

Posted by LeeAnn at May 6, 2004 06:52 AM | TrackBack
Comments

oh my LOL

Posted by: Bob O at May 6, 2004 07:42 AM

Please tell me your coworkers are 16....

Posted by: Susie at May 6, 2004 08:18 AM

Closer to 19 or 20, scarily enough.

Posted by: LeeAnn aka Cheesemistress at May 6, 2004 08:28 AM

Where the hell do you work and why are all these people in one place?

Posted by: Jeremy at May 6, 2004 09:17 AM

I weep for the future.

Posted by: Scooterdeb at May 6, 2004 12:22 PM

have they been gettiing into the 'fairy floss'?

Posted by: xade at May 6, 2004 05:56 PM

Wow! So that's what it's like to work with modern youth.

Like, y'know, in the land of the dense, the retard is king.

Betcha can't wait to get home and decompress...

Posted by: David at May 6, 2004 08:59 PM

Your co-workers need to wear signs.

Posted by: zenwanderer at May 7, 2004 07:57 AM

Scary people you work with

Posted by: Da Goddess at May 7, 2004 10:28 AM