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What is the first office horror story about?
Ja, das war wirklich hart. Offices, Workspaces, Co-Workers, das ist es, mit dem wir uns heute beschäftigen.
Das ist lustig. Du zwei bist wie einige meiner Lieblings-Co-Workers.
Yeah. Wow. I had to rank coworkers. Yeah, you'd be a top three right here. Yeah. Everybody knows that. Cool. That's settled.
Now that we got that out of the way.
Now that we're done with that. In front of a bunch of other coworkers of ours. Okay, it's kooky energy today. Alright, our first story. Am I the asshole for telling my coworker I can't attend her funeral because I'm busy that day? What? So here's the situation.
He can commune with the dead.
Yeah, my dead coworker. So here's the situation. I have this coworker, let's call her Karen. Karen is a character. She's always talking about these elaborate plans for every possible scenario. Last week she told us she had pre-planned her entire funeral, complete with a guest list, catering, and even a DJ. Apparently she wants her final send-off to be a lit celebration of life. Anyway, out of the blue yesterday, Karen walks up to me during lunch and says, Hey, just so you know, I've penciled you in for my funeral next Saturday at 2pm. It's going to be fabulous and I'd really appreciate your attendance. So here's the thing. I'm alive and kicking, so the idea of attending a funeral for someone who's very much alive just felt weird.
Plus, I already have plans next Saturday to binge watch an entire season of Stranger Things and eat my weight in pizza. So without really thinking, I just blurted out, sorry Karen, I can't make it, I'm busy that day. She looked at me like I just slapped her with a cold fish. Busy, she asked, her voice dripping with disbelief. You can't be too busy for a friend's funeral. Now, Karen has been giving me the cold shoulder ever since, and our other co-workers are split. Some think I'm a heartless jerk for not going along with her bizarre funeral dress rehearsal, while others think she's completely off her rocker for expecting people to actually attend this thing. So Reddit, am I the asshole for telling my very much alive co-worker I can't attend her self-planned preemptive funeral because I'm busy watching Netflix? Wait, so I think they might have left out a part where they are actually throwing a practice for it.
Yeah, so it's like a rehearsal for the funeral.
They're specifically saying that they are busy watching Stranger Things and eating their weight in pizza, which is so epic, I have to add. Yeah, and I loved that. It's so epic. Very cool.
I felt at peace just hearing that. But like, I'm confused. So she's throwing a party.
She's throwing a gigantic party. It's her preemptive funeral. So she's throwing her funeral now, long, hopefully, before she dies. And she wants her final send-off to be a lit celebration of life. Now, yeah, he later calls it a dress rehearsal, but I think that's his own terminology.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the first office horror story about?
1:08–14:16
2
What happens when a coworker invites you to their preemptive funeral?
14:16–14:19
3
Is it okay to take leftovers from a work party?
14:19–17:19
4
What are the expectations for celebrations in the workplace?
17:19–23:43
5
How do coworkers handle personal events?
23:43–28:38
6
What are the consequences of not attending a coworker's personal event?
28:38–43:43
7
Is it appropriate to pressure coworkers for personal celebrations?
43:43–1:11:46
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