(WRITTEN BY G’S CO-WORKER, J...used by permission off of her blog....LOL)
Ok, so you know those plastic chair mats for underneath desks? They are death traps, I swear. We have carpet in our offices so we have to have these, whether we want them of not. I have a U-shaped desk, well not a rounded U, it’s a squared U. The part where I sit has a drawer to the left of me and opens up to the right. My monitor sits right in front. Since my monitor wire is short my tower sits on the floor right where the desk starts to open up. (I’m painting you a picture…. be patient with the details… it’s important to how this occurred.) My desk is sort of wide, but I have my keyboard stuck right under my monitor, so I can use the rest of the space for papers and such, when needed. So, I typically scoot myself all the way under the desk. (I like the security.)
The desk mat stops right where the desk starts so my chair always rolls forward off of the mat. I have gotten my chair stuck before, but never had any problems to get it out until Tuesday!
The stars lined up perfectly, I swear. So anyhow, I pull myself under my desk and settle in. My chair had rolled off the mat and I was all a-go. Well, the time came for me to get up and get some papers. I go to push myself out and the wheel on my chair rolls underneath the mat and lodges itself there.
No problem…..I'll just turn my chair and get out.
NOPE! I turn to my left and the arm rest is right up against the drawer won’t budge. Ok, then…to my left. My tower stops me in my tracks, and due to the armrests, I can’t reach down and scoot it out. I try for ten minutes to free myself to no avail.
So I grab my cell phone and send a text. (I would use my intercom but they are re arranging our offices and currently I have no phone) I send the text to a co-worker…..(To blog readers from G: THAT’S ME!!! :0)…),
This is the text conversation:
Me: Are u in our office?
G: Yes. Y?
Me: I need help, but U can’t laugh.
G: U lost?
G: No promises.
Me: No, not lost
G: Lock yourself out of your car?
Me: I’m stuck in my desk.
(To blog readers from G: "BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! :0D" )
At this point, you hear laughter roaring out of her office and here a few people rushing to hers to see what so funny to which she responds, “Come here…come here…You have to see this!!!” SO yeah…..I ended up with an audience. Thanks G! Needless to say she had to crawl under my desk to free me! But she had a great laugh as did others at my expense! It was really funny though! Least I can laugh at myself!
Written by G's Co-Worker, J
Blog readers: NO….IT WAS HILARIOUS!!!!!! TALK ABOUT A ‘DESK TRAP’…..ROFL!!!!!! G
That was awesome! Thank you both for sharing!
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