Model Behavior

Yesterday at work, I went to make some hot chocolate around mid-morning. I was getting a little hungry and wanted something to tie me over until lunch.

As I was leaving the break room with the hot chocolate, my shoe slipped out from underneath me. I felt like I was moving in slow motion. At first I thought "I'm going to make it! Just straighten up and I'll be fine!" Then "Nooooooooooooooooo! aaaaaagggggggggghhhhhhhhh, ouch, crash, boom, thud, owowowow, wooooo, ooo, oh, ouch OUCH!!" I landed on the ground with a loud THUD! My hot chocolate went flying from my hand all over me and the floor. Then, before I could even stop it, a loud "F*CK!!" flew from my mouth. My arm was burning and my wrist hurt from where it hit the ground. I did manage to pop back up really quickly before anyone saw.

The commotion, however, did not go unnoticed. One of the AA's was down the hall, heard the noise, and came running over.

"Maxi! Are you all right?!" she exclaimed!

I replied very dejectedly "No, I tripped and fell, burned my arm, and screamed an obscenity very loudly in the office."

She proceeded to help put a cool compress on my arm. That hot chocolate was hot! Too bad the machine says "Caution: Contents May be Hot" or I could have had a real winner of a law suit!

Needless to say, a large commotion quickly fills the break room. People are coming out of the woodwork asking what happened?, am I okay?, etc. All I could do was stand there pathetically and soaking wet in a gross brown substance as I held the cool towel to my arm. My once blue and white shirt was brown. I don't know how, but I had hot chocolate all over one arm, specifically all over the white cuff of one of my sleeves, on the other arm, on the front, on the back, on my pants, in my shoes, in my hair. I was a disgusting mess. I went home to change but still smelt like hot chocolate the rest of the day. All day long, people stopped by my cube, asking if I was okay. Was I the one that made the big mess that made Miss Jackie come up to clean? Oh, it was embarrassing.

[Check out this perfect segue]

Today, OC sends me an email, dripping with fake kindness about wanting to check and make sure I was okay from my fall. In it, he attached the following video (I could tell he was genuinely concerned). I'm not sure why I hadn't seen this one before, but it made me laugh so hard.



I don't know what made me laugh more...the slow motion of the second fall or how hard the news anchors are laughing. I can only imagine her inner dialogue as she bit it the second time. And did you notice Jim wanted to say something more, but couldn't finish as he was laughing too hard! Then, I think George tries to say something, but he too is cut short because he can't stop laughing! OH, it's too great. I've watched it at least a dozen times, and it still makes me laugh out loud each time.

That girl ain't getting a call back anytime soon. Hope she didn't quit her day job.

Well, that's it for now. Be careful out there!
xoxo, Maxi