Fire That Burns Up The Wires

This morning when I got to work, one of my coworkers said to me, “Don’t turn on your computer!”

“Huh?” was my cultivated reply.

She went on to explain that the city was going to be doing some work on the power lines around our building, and the power would be out for about an hour.

So for about half an hour, we all puttered around the office, putting away files, and making to do lists, just waiting for the power to go out. There really is only so much you can do without your computer at an office, (How did we ever get work done without them.) and I really wanted to check my horoscope. I tried get involved in a conversation that my associates were having about the circus. (They just stared at me when I told them of my fear of clowns. I knew there was a reason I don’t talk at work.)

We waited and waited and waited for the power to go out.

Finally, I questioned the power outage as a whole, and said, “Are we sure they are turning out the power today?”

Our receptionist stared at me, wide eyed and said, “That is what the person on the phone said.”

We sat there for a few more minutes until I spoke up again (what would they do without me?); “Maybe we should call the city and see how long the delay is going to be. There is no sense just sitting around all day if we don’t have to.”

Finally, everyone agreed, and our office manager went to call the city.

She came back after a few minutes and said, “No one at the city knows anything about this power outage! They are not working on our lines, nor have they scheduled to turn off our electricity.”

The other ladies were shocked and outraged! (I just went to my office, turned on my computer and checked the status updates on Facebook.)

The ladies went on to call this situation a horrible practical joke and were upset someone would call and say such a thing. And all I thought was, if it really was a practical joke, WORST PRACTICAL JOKE EVER!

Whatever happened, this lame person thought it would be funny to make a bunch of middle aged, menopausal women sit around all day waiting, for fear that if they turned on their computer and the power went out, that the world may or may not end.

Can you imagine when this person explains what he did to his friends later?

“You did what?”
“I called them and told them the power was going to go out!”
“Oh my good heavens, that is the funniest thing I have ever heard.”
“You should have seen their reaction!”
“What did they do?”
“They sat around for about an hour! All except the really hot girl, she didn’t seem that afraid or impressed with my prank.”

The office seems to have gone back to normal. Although they are still questioning why something like this would happen.

I am really just hoping that they got the time or date of the power outage wrong and when they all least expect it, our electricity is cut….with all of our computers on!

I am just wishing I knew about this stupidity earlier. I would have slept in and came into work later. And I thought working an adult job would be better. What was I thinking?
Here’s to:

Funny girl’s nights. Filled with HSM, “cat food” sandwiches and Colour By Numbers. It has been awesome!

The weekend only being a short 24 hours away! Thank goodness for sleeping in.

Electrical problems being a common theme in my life.

Whatever you choose, although, how could you walk away from something as great as me?

When did I take the wooden nickel?

Good Luck. God Speed.