09-25-2007, 09:16 PM
I moved into a new workspace two days ago. Earlier today, I walked by a guy whose office was right across from me, and I said "do you have watermelon in here?" since I could get smell a dstinct watermelon odor. He responded "I know, it smells like rotten fruit here - I don't know what it is?" I said, "I've smelled it for the past couple days. I think it's watermelon. Doesn't smell rotten, yet, but hopefully someone finds it."
So about 10 minutes later I'm walking back across the office, and I accidentally turn toward my old space. I chat with the new girl who just moved in there two days ago, and I say "So are you the one who smells like watermellon?" She looks at me weird, and says no, but she has a mango air freshener. I explain the story, blah blah blah."
Not an interesting story, and I thought nothing of it, for about a half an hour. And then I realized that I walked up to a black girl and asked "Are you the one who smells like watermellon?"
I'm pretty sure HR has heard this story already.
So about 10 minutes later I'm walking back across the office, and I accidentally turn toward my old space. I chat with the new girl who just moved in there two days ago, and I say "So are you the one who smells like watermellon?" She looks at me weird, and says no, but she has a mango air freshener. I explain the story, blah blah blah."
Not an interesting story, and I thought nothing of it, for about a half an hour. And then I realized that I walked up to a black girl and asked "Are you the one who smells like watermellon?"
I'm pretty sure HR has heard this story already.