Probably the most embarrassing factor I’ve ever completed occurred to me right now. Sure, it was extra embarrassing than flashing everybody within the lolly aisle of Grafton Coles. It’s much more embarrassing than being requested to take away my pants in entrance of 4 feminine safety guards at JFK airport. Arduous to imagine that something can be extra embarrassing than these two occasions… however that is.

Since beginning in my new position, I had completed a few embarrassing issues. Like face planting two doorways in entrance of my bosses an hour aside. Getting caught in a rotating door with my boss, the place I advised him calmly “To not breathe as a result of he’ll dissipate all our oxygen and we’d die.” Or getting so misplaced on my first day that I managed to see all of Sydney.

So, my staff is kinda getting used to all my Casidents, and me embarrassing myself. That being mentioned I doubt they might anticipate what occurred this morning to occur to anybody.

Our New Yr’s Eve occasion was a hit, everybody beloved it and all the youngsters requested that we make it an annual occasion. So, I used to be assured that 2023 was going to be my 12 months and Casident free. Effectively, I could’ve known as it too early but once more.

I had purchased a brand new inflatable toys for the pool. Which included what was basically an armchair for the pool. I had tried it out couple of days earlier than new 12 months’s and it didn’t precisely go to plan. You see I assumed it might be fairly straight ahead, you blow up the chair, put it within the water after which sit on it. Nothing to it. I imply how exhausting is it to take a seat in a chair?

 A pal tried to elucidate that it wouldn’t be that simple “Cass in fact you assume it is going to be easy and straightforward since you’re you! However I’m telling you it gained’t be simple. You’re sitting on an unstable chair on an unstable surface- water.”

“Garbage!” I rebutted, “It’s a chair made for water and to maintain the individual dry.”

“I assure that you’ll not keep dry.”

“After all, I’ll. I’ll hold my hair dry particularly since I washed and straightened it this morning. You’ll see how simple it’s and the way its function is to maintain you dry. It’s made for the water.”

So we inflated the chair, which was fairly simple given now we have a few electrical pumps. I put it within the water precisely how the field confirmed it. I walked over to the step the place all I wanted to do was place my backside on the seat. Easy proper? Not precisely…

I face the chair holding it in place. I had folded the bottome underneath similar to the image on the field. It seemed like an inflatable armchair on water, which is what it basically was. I maintain it in place as I flip my physique transferring my fingers to the alternative arm relaxation. I really feel the seat on the backs of my legs behind me. I place it, so my bum is stage with the seat a part of the chair. I hop up and on in an try to sit on the chair.  

Out of the blue my legs go up and over my head as the highest over the chair overweighted and earlier than I do know it the chair is flipping up and backwards and I’m doing a whole 360 again flip off the chair.

A lot for protecting my hair dry. I seemed like a drowned rat. Over the following ten minutes I attempted totally different approaches of sitting on the chair, however all ended up with the identical consequence, my legs up over my head as I both flip off the again or aspect. By the 300^th go I used to be nicely and really pissed off. The chair was clearly damaged and never doing what it ought to do. I give it another likelihood, and I handle to take a seat on it efficiently. Just for a minute, however a hit.

 I had spent portion of New Yr’s Day within the pool with my niece and nephew. Making an attempt out the brand new blow-up toys. I spent most of that point, floating round on the ‘damaged’ chair, which I used to be utilizing as a chaise lounge and never an armchair for the reason that armchair operate was clearly ‘damaged’.

Although I used to be coated in sunscreen, and I imply coated. I seemed like battered hen prepared for the deep fryer. And even with all of the sunscreen and shade from the bushes, I nonetheless managed to get badly burnt. Particularly on the tops of my legs. Now let me let you know you probably have not been burnt in your higher thighs, I’d not suggest it, it’s painful.

So, for the previous few days, I’ve not been sporting any bottoms. I’ve simply been sporting shirt and my Tradie boy legs. Which isn’t a difficulty since I wasn’t anticipating anybody and I used to be within the privateness of my own residence.  

Yesterday I began again at work, I used to be working from dwelling fortunately, over the previous few days, my legs have been getting redder and redder. They had been virtually glowing vivid crimson. And the burn was actually beginning to sting. You already know when the sunburn is so unhealthy you’ll be able to’t tolerate something touching it, that’s precisely the place I used to be. So, imagine me I’ve been grateful that I might work at home this week.

When working from dwelling, I usually don’t hassle placing my digital camera on. Solely placing it on when it’s utterly crucial, like assembly stakeholders for the primary time, if the bosses are on or if everybody else within the staff has their digital camera on. And I normally make the rule to not rise up whereas on the decision.

This morning my sunburn was nonetheless fairly unhealthy, so I wore the identical complete I had worn for the previous few days, a shirt and boy leg underwear. In my first assembly at 9am I didn’t hassle with my digital camera, neither did the remainder of the staff. However for our 10am assembly when everybody was on the decision and had opted to place their cameras on, so I did.

All the pieces was going easily, and about quarter-hour into the decision, Henry began to bark. So I jumped up with out pondering and raced out of the room to cease him. I rapidly get Henry sorted and race again to my desk, pondering I wouldn’t be missed.

I take my seat again at my desk, to the place a message on Groups awaits me. Cass your digital camera is on.

I look down at my naked legs and realise that my staff had simply seen extra of me than that they had bargained for.

Shit!!! I received up in such a rush I forgot that I wasn’t sporting pants and that my digital camera was on. I needed the bottom to open up and swallow me entire. I instantly flip my digital camera off, and it remained off for each assembly I had for the remainder of the day.

Effectively that didn’t go as deliberate and positively not the best way I needed to kick off 2023. I simply hope all is forgotten by tomorrow.