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- The office's shared spreadsheet accidentally got deleted by someone who immediately confessed. This spared everyone the usual mystery investigation that normally follows this exact kind of incident, right down to the finger-pointing.
- The company retreat's trust-fall exercise resulted in exactly zero actual falls. Since everyone quietly agreed beforehand it wasn't worth the risk, a rare moment of unanimous team consensus on literally anything.
- The office's new hire training video, unchanged for years, still referenced a software system that had been retired long before most current employees even started working there, a running joke by now.
- The office's annual holiday potluck sign-up sheet got passed around a week early this year. This resulted in a genuinely balanced spread of dishes instead of the usual six desserts and nothing else.
- The office's new hire orientation included a scavenger hunt around the building to learn where everything is located. It turned out to be more useful than any actual training document ever was.
- The office's shared calendar showed an all-day event simply labeled 'meeting,' with no further detail. This led to genuine confusion until someone finally tracked down who'd actually scheduled the mysterious thing.