Smokey

Before coming here, I knew there would be some... questionable foods. Well, lets just say that some things don't exactly look all that appealing.

NOW, after saying that... I will say that I am pretty open to trying anything. For instance, when going to breakfast or lunch (which I routinely have with the 'ol co-workers) I will usually just have them pick something out that they think I would like. See? Easy enough.

Well, I am certainly not the first one to have a little visit over here... and some of the folks before me were VERY picky about what they did/didn't eat. Enough so that they brought enough food for their entire stay. Really.

Nonetheless, I kinda did the same. Well, because I usually bring my lunch to work, and usually eat pretty simple. I guess the short story is that I didn't want to feel like I HAD to eat everything that was over here.

So, in my little goodie stash I brought over, were some of those microwave popcorn deals. See for yourself, I present to you Exhibit A:
Simple right? Bring a few of these, cook 'em on up, and you have yourself a little snack.

The other day, I brought one to work. You know, a little snackie for the mid-morning. Why not?

So, I went to the kitchen at work and popped it in. The microwave started doing its thing, and what do you know... before I know it there is a little smoke coming out of the microwave.

BUT, the popcorn is still popping... so its not DONE! You know, you're supposed to wait till the popping slows almost all the way down.

I let it go, and properly waited until it was done popping. It continued to smoke a teeny tiny bit, I didn't really care. Out came the popcorn and it was rightfully delicious. Not burnt or anything.

Today I planned on doing the same thing. In went the bag of popcorn, and there it started popping. It did the little smoke thing and I didn't think anything of it. But, this time, it may have smoked a bit more. I don't know why.

Well, I pull it out this time and a plume of smoke comes out of the microwave. There are a couple of other people in the kitchen, and they're looking at me. What the heck am I supposed to do?! Well, act like its not a big deal, of course.

So I grab it, and make my way out. You know, because this is normal.

They are talking to each other though, andidontknowwhatthehecktheyaresayingbecause theyarentspeakingtheenglish.

I make it to my desk.

It's still smoking.

I sat down, and not 2 seconds after I did, I hear a beep.

I'm all paranoid now, thinking it was some fire alarm beep, so I go outside.

I have some popcorn, until it stops smoking of course.

Then I went back in, and I could totally tell everyone was looking for the source of smoke.

Me?

And no, NONE OF THE POPCORN WAS BURNT. It was quite tasty, actually.