seriousgio

My boss on Friday asks me to come in Monday for training and to be part of a cookie exchange. I say cool I can do that

Come downstairs a few hours ago and start assembling and Sergio wants to help,awesome

And he asks what he can do and I tell him “okay, we are going to roll out the cookies about this size, they don’t have to be exact, and pop them in for 8 to 10 minutes”

So he starts rolling and I’m gently correcting him like “hey, maybe separate those a bit more, they’ll stick together otherwise” and I can tell he’s getting annoyed with himself so I back off

So we wrap up and bring them over to the oven and he goes “so 20 minutes?” And I start giggling and go “8 to 10!” Because you know, they’d be hockey pucks otherwise

And he starts beating himself up! Yelling, going “why don’t I listen, I should know this, it’s basic stuff!”

And I got pissed. I said “calm down. It’s just cookies”

And he’s going like “no, it’s not, it’s for your coworkers and you want to make a good impression!” And I’m like “I’m not gonna be pissed if they turn out bad, I’m going to be pissed if you turn a fun activity into you getting mad at yourself”

telling someone to calm down usually has the opposite effect, but it's annoying that he's still doing this. is he more of a cook than a baker?

baking can stress non-bakers out in silly ways

Yeahhh

i think they get all worked up about measurements/timing and not in the "this is a relaxing fun time" activity

the thing is, your coworkers, don't expect you to be an amazing chef,

if you brought hocky puck cookies to a work cookie exchange I would not think any less of you as a coworker. I'd just probably not eat the cookies

and on the opposite side, I have no memory whatsoever of which coworkers brought the best cookies to cookie exchanges I've been to in the past. and even if I did, it would still have zero effect on my impression of them except to maybe pay attention to when they bring in cookies to share

in fact, no impression is being made at all here,

exactly!