Popcorn in the Office

Today I made popcorn at work. Why? Because it is delicious and it is good for you. Sort of. Anyway, the microwaves are in the break room, where thy put all the leftover food from the lunch meetings. There was some garlic bread in there, so I ate a piece while the popcorn was in the microwave.

Unfortunately for me, this inhibited my ability to smell that the popcorn was burning. I carried the bag to the other side of the building, where my desk is and opened it. I'm sure everyone I walked by really appreciated that because burnt popcorn is at the top of everyone's "Favorite Smells" list. As soon as I opened the bag and realized it was all burnt, I quickly stached the bag in my desk to stifle the odor. Then I realized that I was still hungry, so I went and made some more. The entire office smelled like popcorn. Some guy that sits on the other side was walking past and said, "so YOU'RE the culprit."

Although I have since disposed of the burnt popcorn bag, it has been 5 hours now, and everytime I open my drawer my cube is reminded of that one time it hosted the bag of burnt popcorn. Quite the unfortunate situation. A scenario to be avoided when possible.