Is it For Us?

Is there any more stressful moment at work than when a pizza arrives in a department and the odor wafts through the floor. The thing is that, we all want a piece of that hot steamy pizza, but we are not sure if we are entitled to it.  We become P.I.'s in the quest to discover who that pizza is for.   This all has to be done casually so that no one thinks that you are a pig or a pizza interloper. You'll notice a greater degree of activity as folks walk by the pizza on their various errands to the printer, copier, and fax machine, hoping to discover who that pizza is for. Now, in the caveman days, a hunter would kill a mastodon and bring the giant steamy leg to the cave floor, plunk it down and all would dive on it like wolves and chow down.  So see we have the instinct to dive on the food and we can't help ourselves from the pizza hover.   Then comes the second part of the pizza dilemma..see everyone will generally take one slice until someone like you has the audacity to take 2 slices.  Ever  notice that once you do take 2 slices, all the folks behind you take it as a license to go to town.  I have seen folks take 4 slices at one time.  Now the folks who have gone before you and have only taken one slice feel gypped and will begin to eat faster so they can get back in line to get their second slice which by now they feel they are entitled to. Finally, there is always that one older lady who we all know wants to take the leftover pizza home but has to formulate a plan to make us talk her into taking it.  She'll hover over the pizza every hour or two encouraging, nay, insisting that we all have another slice so it doesnt go to waste.  She'll haunt us with this and also with various statements about how her husband loves pizza, her little grandson who is visiting loves pizza etc until we finally say "Hey Betty, why dont you take the leftover pizza home"? At which she'll surprisedly respond are you sure?  Well if its just going to go to waste. then I will.  I for one, always enjoy watching the dynamics of the pizza arrival..it never seems to deviate from the pattern.