Halloween Tales
Who is Kathleen V.
Once upon a time in high school, this person worked at a Chinese restaurant owned by a woman who jogged through the jungles in the islands of Southeast Asia.
Who is Jeffrey.
This person made a late evening snack one night but forgot to turn the stove off. She lives to tell the tale today!
Who is Griselda.
What's the most effective way to crisp nachos? According to this person, its rigging up a mini flamethrower using cooking spray and the broiler setting of the oven.
Who is Andrea.
As a 6 year old, this person was bamboozled by a generic pink starburst with a clear wrapper. We all know pink starbursts are as valuable as gold. Not wanting it to be confiscated by parents, this person ate it, clear wrapper and all immediately. Living in terror for the next week, this person played dead on the 1st grade classroom carpet for the next week thinking that death was to come and that you must assume the death position in preparation with your date with the afterlife.
Who is Jason.
Amazing customer service has been a trait of this person since job #1 at Burger King. Light years ahead of her time, she embodied the "Have it your way" slogan by serving up her rendition of a veggie burger by giving him "the works" on a pattyless bun.
Who is Claribel.
In 2016, this person preheated the oven to prepare lunch for the kids and then went to take a shower. After just 10 minutes, there was an urgent knock on the bathroom door. SMOKE!?!?! FIRE!?!?! What be the cause? One of the placemats was accidentally left in the oven.
Who is Swapnali.
This person had a white powder mix up and made a bad batch...
... of cookies.
Who is Dillon.
This person was trick or treating and came upon a scarecrow with the "Please take 1" sign. This person's friend said, "I think I'll take two." At which point, the scarecrow spoke back and said "ONLY ONE!" Falling down the stairs, this duo ran at least a whole block before even looking back.
Who is Kyle.
This person worked a summer desk job with a friend in college. Running on little sleep and tons of unprofessionalism, they would keep themselves awake by snapping themselves with rubber bands. It once got so bad that the friend friend put the rubber band around his head and snapped it right under his jaw. Would not recommend.
Who is Kyle.
This person and kitchens mix as well as water and oil.
This person's first job was as a dishwasher at a pizzeria. After getting distracted, the giant sinks were overflowing with water, causing a mini flood on a very busy Saturday.
Fast forward to about 10 years ago, this person was at a friend's house, and we was cooking something that required copious amounts of oil. Somehow the oil ended up spilled all over her kitchen floor. The floors were slippery for a week.
Who is Jessica.
When this person first started baking, she tried baking oatmeal bars and didn't know to temper the eggs into the hot liquid. Anyone up for some oatmeal scrambled egg bars instead?
Who is Nikole.
This person's first Halloween may as well be a deleted scene from Mean Girls. 6 years old and new to the country, this person woke for school on Halloween without a costume. When she arrived at the babysitter's house, the babysitter said that she and all of her kids are going trick-or-treating. Asking if she had a costume, the babysitter's one daughter said "No" and gave her a plastic Shoprite bag. Trick-or-treating as a Shoprite bag, this person was steaming, especially when she found out this girl lied to her and her mom brought over a nurse costume for her to wear!
Who is Malica.
At 16 years old, this person worked as a receptionist at an animal clinic. They answered the phone saying, "Animal clinic, how can I help you?" Tired from schoolwork and working as many hours as possible, a client walked in the front door and was greeted with the phone greeting, "Animal clinic, how can I help you?"
Who is Angela.
This person made some new friends on night one in their new apartment in New Jersey. Trying to make a frozen pizza, some of the cheese fell off, and in trying to scrape it off they soon learned that this is a HORRIBLE idea to do with a gas oven. The smoke detector reminded them of this numerous times, but hey, good to know that the fire alarm works!
Who is Megan.
This person is way ahead of his time, knowing that food is the way to the heart. Also pretty sure, this counts as a promposals... Wanting to make General Tso's chicken, this person mixed up "Tbsp" and "Tsp" and had significantly less sesame oil than needed. An hour tilting a pan to barely submerge individual chicken chunks in rapidly deteriorating sesame oil later, this person had his prom date, and we *think* did not get salmonella.
Who is Zak.
This person was banned from a Haunted House at the age of 10. Surprisingly, she was not the one doing the punching in this tale.
Who is Tiffany.
At 16 years old this person joined a Telemarketing Company. On the 1st day, they held an orientation and was very adamant about staff not making any personal calls no matter how slow it got during the day. Well, by 3:00pm, this person was bored and best friend received a call..by 4:00 pm, this person's headset was revoked. Lesson learned.
Who is Brenda.
This person's first job was in support of an NIH-funded diet study as a meal prepper. Let's just say, cooking rice is not her thing. No known adverse events reported... we think...
Who is Rebecca.
This person's secret ingredient for homemade potato chips is 1/2 a tablespoon of her middle finger knuckle.
Who is Michelle.