Last year I was working with That’s Not Chinese and she started to suspect she might get laid off (due to the economy).
I thought she would be fine until that horrible day when her “boss” asked to meet with her later. That’s Not Chinese asked if she was being laid off – she was given a piece of chocolate cake and told not to worry about it. She threw the cake in the bin.
Six hours later, me and That’s Not Chinese were drinking Sebastiani Cabernet Sauvignon (this is sort of a wine blog, so I have to give credit to the wines) and discussing the dangers of chocolate cake.
We decided to make lemonade out of discarded chocolate cake and had a “S.O.L.D.G.A.F.” potluck. Friends were invited to bring appetizers, drinks, resumes, unemployment tips, wigs, etc. It was swell!
Today, at work, I was offered a piece of chocolate cake. I immediately sent a text/pic to That’s Not Chinese, “Chocolate cake…..am I sealing my fate?” She provided swift and sound advice, “Don’t do it, don’t do it!”
I opted against parcaking. I’m not drinking the Kool-Aid either.
3 Comments, Comment or Ping
I was never offered chocolate cake….
February 26th, 2010
It’s not always a gift, however, it might have made your belly fill a little bit better when the unemployment bomb was dropped.
February 26th, 2010
Let them eat cake! …and drink wine (of course)
February 27th, 2010
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