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breakingnews · 06-02-2007, 12:20 AM

At my former company, one of the (very, very, very, very rare) treats is a catered lunch for a departing employee.

The morning of my last day, my boss asked what I'd like to have; the office favorite seemed to be BBQ, so naturally I opted for that.

About 30 minutes before the food was scheduled to arrive, one of the assistants came over and said the restaurant called and said their ovens broke. No food. She asked if different BBQ place would be okay, and I agreed.

Five minutes later she came back over and said the second restaurant's kitchen had a fire that morning. No food. She tried a third: They were out of chicken (we had an unfortunately large number of non beef and pork eaters).

We had pizza instead. Must give kudos to the pizzeria: Under short notice, they cranked out 15 pies and had them to our office in like 40 minutes.

06-02-2007, 12:20 AM	#7
breakingnews Q_Q Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 995	At my former company, one of the (very, very, very, very rare) treats is a catered lunch for a departing employee. The morning of my last day, my boss asked what I'd like to have; the office favorite seemed to be BBQ, so naturally I opted for that. About 30 minutes before the food was scheduled to arrive, one of the assistants came over and said the restaurant called and said their ovens broke. No food. She asked if different BBQ place would be okay, and I agreed. Five minutes later she came back over and said the second restaurant's kitchen had a fire that morning. No food. She tried a third: They were out of chicken (we had an unfortunately large number of non beef and pork eaters). We had pizza instead. Must give kudos to the pizzeria: Under short notice, they cranked out 15 pies and had them to our office in like 40 minutes. __________________ Gone crazy, be back never.