Somewhere around 2006 thru 2009, a bunch of coworkers went to lunch at a favorite Chinese restaurant. They sat at a round table that sat 6 and had a lazy Susan in the middle of it.

As the meal progressed, the food and teapot were placed on the lazy Susan. At one point, Roger wanted more tea but the teapot was on the other side of the table on the lazy Susan. Roger asked Sam to send the teapot his way.

Sam said “Sure!” and span the lazy Susan as fast as he could. Of course everything on the lazy Susan went flying. Sam later said that he only expected that the lazy Susan would spin really fast and look cool or silly. He hadn’t thought that everything would go flying. None of this helped Sam’s reputation.

One of the things that went flying was the teapot that Roger had asked for. It landed in Roger’s lap, leaving Roger with an embarrassing mess on his crotch to clean up.

There was much giggling and laughter at Roger’s and Sam’s expense. The laughter was muted later when we found out that Roger had some significant blisters and burns from the tea.

After a few weeks, Roger recovered. Sam’s reputation did not..