The knotted, rubber stem was wedged in the closed drawer of Stephanie"s office desk as the long water balloon hung several inches below. Eventually it would burst and spray water on the floor. To remedy this certainty, a wastepaper basket was positioned below the balloon, ensuring the water would be collected.
Stephanie was very fortunate to have a brick-enclosed office with a door that locked shut. And just like many days at the office, she would often take her frustrations out on the balloon by biting it, sometimes in frenzy, attempting to make it burst. The teleconference call was most boring. Fortunately Stephanie she had a friend to torture.
“Stephanie, is the cord on your phone making a rubbing sound?” Her manager interrupted the teleconference call as a distracting noise could be
