People Share Awkward, Embarrassing, and Hilarious Moments from Work

You come back from your break, coffee in hand, wondering why it’s been so peaceful. Then you glance at your desk phone—638 missed calls. Oh, cool. Just another casual Tuesday in corporate purgatory. Somewhere, your voicemail inbox is crying for mercy and IT has already given up.

You do some quick math—if you call everyone back, you’ll retire first. Maybe you’ll just send a company-wide email saying “Hey, what’s up?” and call it a day. The moral here: if the office feels too quiet, it’s not calm. It’s the calm before an inbox tsunami.