R.I.P. Reese’s bowl
August 23rd, 2007
Of course, the morning after I cleaned my desk at work, my Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup bowl turned up broken. It fell from its usual perch on top of the cube divider all the time, but usually onto the carpeted floor or the typical mountain of crap (featuring fabric) on the desk itself. This time it must have just hit the deck with no cushion. To sum up, this accident was 2,000,000 times less shocking than the fact that I cleaned.
I did appreciate how whoever broke it made sure to scoop the Swedish Fish the bowl had contained into two neat piles. Doesn’t this display just scream “Sorry!”
Or “Sorry, crazy bitch who had it coming!”?
Here was the RB in its former glory, taking a breather in between candy refills on my desk. My boyfriend the animatronic Elvis and I had a huge fight that day. He couldn’t even look me in the eyes. Not that I, wearing shades at work, made it very easy to do so.
August 23rd, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Sorry to hear about the Reese’s bowl. If you want to replace it quickly, there’s one on Ebay that seems to be reasonable (current bid at $2.99 plus an insane $8 for shipping). What I found to be most fascinating was that there is an entire category on Ebay for advertising on cereal-based products, broken out by the company (Kellogg’s, General Mills, etc).
And, as nice as it was, it doesn’t top my Quaker Oatmeal for kids bowl that changes colors when something hot is put inside it. 3 boxtops plus $2 for shipping when I was in college (1998) and it still works.
August 23rd, 2007 at 3:16 pm
You broke it. You don’t remember because technically it was “me.” “I” put all of the fish in the two piles to make “you” feel better about it. “You’re” welcome.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Maybe you screwed up the feng shui in the cubicle area? So the bowl had to commit hara kiri to restore order?
Wow, that is a LOT of Asian terminology.
August 25th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
my cat did it;)
August 26th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
I feel bad for the fish. Thousands of miles from their homes in Sweden, and now homeless here.
August 29th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Robert, excellent research (are you one of my fictional interns?) and I need to see this Quaker bowl.
Shut up, Annie!
Heather, my cube is HUGE with the Youth In Asia right now.
Katy, I wouldn’t be surprised if some cat somewhere WAS responsible for this.
Matt, that almost made me choke up. It also reminded me of this video, even though he’s Norwegian.