How to Handle a Surprise

The beauty of cake in the breakroom when one of your officemates has a birthday is that everyone pretends they’re doing a nice thing for the person having their birthday, but in fact it is a gift for the entire staff. Everyone gets something they want: fattening food and an excuse not to work for a half-hour or so. Sometimes the person whose birthday it is actually makes the experience less enjoyable for everyone else by blowing all over the cake.

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