today was possibly the most glorious day in my career thus far. i managed to flood my department's pantry, yes, flood. this is a marvelous tale so i shall do it justice by narrating every juicy detail lovingly.
i was at the pantry refilling my bottle when the dispenser ran out of water, so i did what i would usually do - replace the water container. as i heaved the container off the floor, i struggled to reposition my grip because i couldn't lift it high enough. i propped it on one knee hoping that with enough momentum it would eventually slide into the dispenser like it normally did.
after much heaving, i finally ran out of strength and the bottle was slowly sliding to the ground because of my sweaty palms so i figured i should rest a while before attempting to wrestle the bugger in place. i don't know how, but as the bottle made contact with the floor there was a loud sound that probably reverberated throughout the office. about 1 nanosecond after the sound was done echoing the water started gushing out and i was too shocked to do anything but stare at the increasingly big puddle of water (the container had about 18 litres of water).
it took about 5 seconds to register the magnitude of this screw up, and i was doing a silent scream in my head the entire time. after the shock my voice was about one octave higher and i was practically squeaking my apologies to my colleague before i ran up and down the main office building trying to look for the cleaner auntie.
i felt the pain of re guo shang de ma yi as i raced through the building in my frenzy to find the auntie. i approached anyone in sight for the current location of the cleaner auntie, and i even stuck a post-it note on her trolley so she would save the day. i was about to push the trolley in myself, which would have been more embarrassing as i sit at the opposite end of the pantry and the whole world would have known earlier that this intern screwed up, to mop up the mess when they finally came to the rescue.
apparently, my face was the brightest shade of red and i had the words 'IT WAS MEEEEEEE!!' on my forehead the whole time i was running about. unfortunately, it is pretty difficult to dig a hole that is deep enough for a full grown human to hide in when you're in an office, so i had to settle for crouching as low as i possibly could in my cubicle.
the long and short of it, i am now the laughing stock of the department T.T
our day will come.
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