Cool change makes for hot office chat

Sydney, AUSTRALIA – As the mercury dropped to a fresh 13°C this morning, conversation was warming up at an undisclosed Government institution of correspondence education to risqué levels. What began as Monday morning chit-chat soon escalated to a suggestive discussion of weekend plans surrounding “alternative energy sources to keep warm this winter.”

Conversation ring-leader and office administrator, Susan Blusef, was provoked by the arrival of a male maintenance worker who appeared to be under the age of 40, some 20 years younger than the average age of employees at the institution. The young man was walking down the office corridor carrying what appeared to be quite a heavy ladder with ease when Blusef noticed him and remarked to a co-worker, “First day of winter? Doesn’t look like it - I’m feeling hot, hot, hot!”

Blusef proceeded to start a conga line around the Accounts department which soon failed due to said department swaying on the heavier side of the age/weight scales. And being accountants.

Unperturbed by the dances’ failure and still within eye-shot of the rippling muscles of the maintenance worker, the 25 year-old clerical worker continued her “heated” conversation with custodial consultant Jorge Rodrigues, “I wish I was a ladder. He can put a bun in my oven. Seriously Jorge, that man can take me now and… you haven’t been listening to your language tapes have you? Man, Jorge get your learning on dude – you’ve been in the country 17 years!”

Blusef was fired before morning tea for inappropriate gesturing involving a ladle and a skim cappuccino.

and what happened next was...

"One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree.

Which road do I take? she asked.

Where do you want to go? was his response.

I don't know, Alice answered.

Then, said the cat, it doesn't matter.”

- Lewis Carroll