Wednesday, October 18, 2006

The Big Bagel Debacle

OK, so this falls into my "WTF?" as well as Hera's "Who Does That?" catagories.

Let me set the scene: I work in a nice office with nice people. As with all workplaces, there is always one person (or maybe two) who really get on your nerves. For the most part, our office gets along really well and is not a terrible place to come to every day. However, there is one person who seems to get under people's skin. We'll call him.....Bob (this individual's name has not been changed in an effort to humiliate him for the asshat he is). Bob is a decent enough guy, but he's annoying. Aside from the nervous braying he does after every sentance, he's very nosy and lacks in social manners.

Each morning, Bob and 4 other individuals on the "management team" *hilarious laughter* get together in the front conference room to discuss new and on-going projects. These meetings usually last a couple of hours, and, as yet, no one outside of the "management team" has really been able to see any benefit of having them. But that's a whole other issue pertaining to the lack of focus and complete ineptitude of certain individuals who partake in the circle jerk club-oh, excuse me, "management meeting." The participants in this meeting have their lunches ordered, paid for, and delivered to their desks everyday. Not a bad deal. The participants usually order a salad or sandwich, sometimes a soda, but for the most part are careful not to be excessive with their orders. Bob, on the other hand, orders 3 sandwiches at a time. It's not yet known if Bob suffers from a tapeworm, or if he's just so damn cheap he hoards the food then brings it home to have for supper. If Bob is going to be out of the office during lunch, he is always sure to call in his order so he can eat it later or save it for dinner. It's not like the guy can't afford to buy a meal. God forbid he doesn't get his free lunch.

So the other morning, right after the "management meeting" started, our insurance broker stopped in the office to go over some materials pertaining to our insurance plans. As he always does, Bernie brought with him a big bag of bagels and assorted cream cheeses to adorn said bagels. This is really quite nice of Bernie and we all appreciate it. Bernie always brings enough for the entire office and is sure to get certain types of bagels as he knows everyone's favorites. As he always does, Bernie sets out the bagels and cream cheeses in the accounting department and goes about saying hello to everyone in the office.

Shortly after bagel touchdown, and before anyone gets a chance to help themselves, Bob gets up out of the conference room and leaves the "veryimportantmanagementmeeting" and comes into accounting. He grabs the entire bag of bagels and all the cream cheese and absconds with the goods back into the conference room. Bob puts the huge bag of bagels on the confernce room table to share with the four other people in the room, all of whom have already had breakfast. Bob shoves down a couple of bagels, but the rest stay on the table until lunchtime, completely wasted as no one else was able to enjoy them.

Can you say assclown?

Hey Bob! WTF?! Who does that?

2 comments:

Cardinal70 said...

Lovely guy. Can't believe he can still walk with you around.

Oberkfell3B said...

Bagels cannot be choosers.