'The ENTIRE cake just slides out of the box and lands face down on the floor': Office birthday party falls apart after clumsy coworker Rick creates a total mess

Some employees do not like to make a big deal out of their birthdays at work. Those folks would not thrive in this workplace environment.

The billing department of this office tended to go above and beyond for people's birthdays, regardless of whether they liked it or not. it became a tradition, and this time, it was Cody's turn.

Cody seemed to be the kind of person who pretended that he didn't care about his birthday, but he secretly was expecting the royal treatment. Since he observed other people's birthdays in the office, he knew exactly what was coming for him when he was called to the break room in the middle of the work day. 

The problem was that the coworker who volunteered to organize the party this time around, Rick, was not exactly the smoothest of individuals. In fact, it turns out that he was about as clumsy as it gets. You know that viral video of the large family who gathered for Thanksgiving this year, only for the table to break and all the food items collapsed on the floor? Let's just say that Cody's birthday party ended up looking pretty similar….

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