An Amusing Incident at the Office

I’ve shared this story with a few coworkers and family members, and decided to write up a short post to share with y’all as well. I’ve left out the names of those involved, purely out of a respect for their privacy, and used only titles as descriptions for the story.

As a part of my current job, it is fairly common for me to have meetings with various vendors, and this past Thursday was no exception. As I was walking between buildings to get to a meeting with a vendor that had stopped by our offices while in town, I met one of my coworkers, the IT manager, and we stopped to chat briefly.

Now, a little backstory here - I’ve worked with this individual for a few years, and in general we get along fairly well, and have had a number of wide-ranging conversations throughout our time working together. Our topic of conversation today veered towards individuals in the office coming in when they were feeling under the weather, and we were both a bit animated on the topic. (In case you’re curious, we both strongly prefer that if an individual is not feeling well, they take extra precautions and work remotely, and not spread whatever they have to the rest of the office.)

As we’re standing in the hallway talking, another coworker, the head of events for our company, walks up, and asks me if I’m okay, or if the pressure of my job is getting to me, and I’m losing it?

… What? I was confused.

It’s only then that we find out that from the perspective of those in outside of the hallway, the IT manager is just out of view behind a door, and so it appears that I’m standing in the hall talking animatedly to… myself!

All involved had a good laugh, and I assured everyone that I was not losing my mind and talking to the wall, at least not yet!