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Why was everyone feeling sad while singing Lumbergh a happy birthday?

posted 5 years ago by csweetleaf2 (3718)
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I don't get why everyone sounded so sad and morose when they were singing Lumbergh a happy birthday?

[–] Sandman27 (3043) 5 years ago

😂😂😂 Because it's a "voluntary" party employees are required to attend to celebrate a person they don't care about. It's funny because it's true.

[–] csweetleaf2 (3718) 5 years ago

They definitely didn't seem to care much for Lumbergh, I know I wouldn't.

[–] Sandman81 (1510) 5 years ago

I wouldn't say sad so much as they just didn't care. They were just going thru the motions because he knew they had too. But at least they got a piece of cake and a few minutes without having to act like they're working.

[–] csweetleaf2 (3718) 5 years ago

everyone except for Milton all because Nina didn't know when to keep her mouth shut.

[–] ebhaynz (3724) 4 years ago

Sadly, so many millions of American jobs are in soulless office environments similar to this. I did it for about 11 years I just couldn't stand it anymore. My birthday story is where they got the boss 3 cakes for his birthday, which was within about a week of mine. This was while I was in the military they worked 8 hour shifts and I worked 12 hours. A week after the boss got his 3 cakes I came in to work on my birthday and told them all I got a 12 hour cake..and by god the next year they actually got me a cake for my birthday.

[–] xbxoxy (45) 4 years ago

also probably because a lot of colleages had been laid off recently