Boss man tells me that he was going downstairs and would be back shortly, but while he is gone he would lik a stack of files put away. (You're probably thinking "that's easy enough," trust me I was too!)
So, I start to put the files in the cabinet and I think to myself "Why hello there, this is super easy! I will have this done in No Time!"
I start to open up multiple draws in the filing cabinet, because, why waste time opening and shutting each draw one by one? Then, as I start to get my hopes up that the end is near, minus a stack of files on top the cabinet that I hadn't gone through yet, the cabinet starts to sway! Next thing I know, the cabinet is falling down towards me!
Oh, and those files on top? Well, they have fallen onto me and all over the floor!!
Turns out if you have more than one drawer open, and do not fill up the cabinet from the bottom up, it becomes top heavy and can easily tip over (lesson I quickly learned).
At the time I was panicking, "what if my boss heard all the noise going on upstairs? What would my boss think if he walked in and saw me attempting to hold up this filing cabinet with files scattered around on the floor?" PANIC!
Luckily, I was able to put the cabinet back in place, put the files away, email the sorority (did you think I would go five minutes without telling them what happened?), and eat lunch all before my boss got back.
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