“Oh, honey,” he says when he sees how upset I am. “Did you forget about your PowerPoint presentation and decide to give him a striptease instead? I’m all for improvisation, but you gotta give me a little heads up so I can put some music on first. A little Santa Baby, or Pour some Cocoa on Me.” “Rudy, I hate you,” I tell my friend brokenly. “You’re fired.” He clucks his tongue. “No, I’m not. You would never fire your best buddy.” “I can, and I just did,” I tell him as I lift the handkerchief to wipe away a tear. “This is all your fault! If you had brought me the coffee sooner instead of ogling
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Rudy not exactly helping the whole situation by cracking jokes
