Down by the water cooler

I know everyone is a busting their tail at whatever career they are in or trying to get into but I’m curious about the off times and breaks in the day at office.

What are some of the funniest, weirdest or craziest water cooler/around the office conversations you’ve heard or been a part of?

Thank you in advance for your response/stories

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DontDiscountMyCashFlows, bummer your thread hasn't had a response yet. Sometimes bots are smarter than humans anyways:

  • Some interesting water cooler talk an argument, but it was some interesting water cooler talk that seemed worth sharing. ... We had and interesting conversation around the office yesterday. It centered on the Snapchat IPO, ... and how the market cap of SNAP was at one point (not checking my math right now) 40% higher than that ...
  • Interview Etiquette- Bottle of Water, Suit Jacket, and Notes What's the interview etiquette on bringing a bottle of water into an interview? Is it ok to ... only) or b) writing down relevant info to figure out the answer to a technical (eg accounting, ... a client or someone else. So the message sent by taking notes at that point is negative. Most of an ...
  • Shocking and Unbelievable- indian women on hunger strike for 10 years w/o food and water old. She says the pain is unbearable and have requested mercy death or to revoke the draconian law by ... a draconian law in 1 of the most neglected states of India. High profile people from queen Elizabeth to tony ... Blair have written letters to her. I cannot imagine how someone can survive without food and water for ...
  • Bro down by drinking protein in the office? Is it kosher to drink protein shakes as midmorning or midafternoon snacks in the office? Half the ... guys on the floor came from S&T backgrounds and the other half from banking. I just want a well ... balanced diet without getting heckled at by some rando VP. vp bro Protein ...
  • How to value Evian or Fiji Water? How do you go about it? In particular I am interested in knowing how would you value the water ... resource? i know the operations you can value by projecting future cash flows but will you also add a value ... to the ground water / fresh water / sprng water reserves? How will you value these reserves? Shouldnt ...
  • Am I the only one who looks down on people who aren't ambitious? life by the balls I lose respect for them. I know this is wrong and life isn't just succeeding and ... After reading the thread on WSO about 'what do you fear' I noticed a few responses about ... a normal and boring lifestyle and a few users agreed with me. I tend to look down at people who aren't ...
  • Radical Idea: how about a tax break for someone who cuts down body fat by x %? Had a random idea in my head: Since America is the fattest nation in the world, how about a tax ...
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I heard a random conversation about a custody battle one of the employees was having. I felt bad but was mostly surprised at how much was shared especially at work.

 

Yesterday I was at the business school and was talking to this guy about how he used to do whippets in high school. Doing whippets means huffing nitrous oxide from a whipped cream can or something and you get high for like 10 seconds. I think whippets are the reason why you have to be 18 to buy whipped cream or spray paint. I used to think whippets were an urban legend like Bigfoot or butt chugging but I now seem to be mistaken

 

I dont think I've ever laughed as hard as when I would watch my friends in high school do whippets. F*cking hilarious. My one friend could always be encouraged to do a few at every party. He would do a whippet, uncontrollably laugh for a few seconds, and literally pass out sometimes lol.

One of my friends mom found a bunch of the whipped cream cans one time and was like. "...are you guys doing whippets....??" Which we played dumb to, Hah.

 

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