We have an office tradition. Everybody's birthday will be celebrated, with the treat provided by a co-worker. Of course it is good etiqutte for the treat-maker to ask beforehand what the birthday boy/girl would like on the day of celebration.
Yesterday we actually had two birthday bashes, my boss' and another officemate. Not that the two birthdays fall on the same day; they are only close, so it makes sense to combine them and have double the fun.
My boss is a health devotee. She asked for carrots and dip. And she got that and more. Her treatmaker also brought broccoli, cauliflower, and celery, not to mention two dips. My officemate got canned strawberries and a fluffy kind of cake (actually taste good!). While enjoying the delicacies, one person asked my boss what she would be doing for her birthday. My boss matter-of-fact said she would be double up her workout that day. We were all shocked and amused at the same time; I then realized it was actually just my boss's style and it was none of our business to pass judgements on others' way of celebrating just because there is certain expectation on such ocassion.
Nobody said anything but smiling or guffawing until somebody blurted out "Are you really? Are you really going to do that?". My boss continued in her nonapologetic tone, 'I jogged in the morning and I am going to do bike exercises after work'. At this we all could not helping being amazed by the information.
When the turn came for the other birthday person to announce her birthday plans, she said, glancing my boss's way and almost in a defiant but nonthreatening tone, she would go to a bar, get a pizza, and drink a lot. The two plans juxtoposed together made such a contrast that we all had a healthy laugh out of it.
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