['I had my own issues at work.  I was gossiping at work the other day with a coworker of mine.', 'Something juicy I hope.', 'Yeah...just as I called the boss fat and lazy, she comes walking around the corner and hears me. I felt pretty vulnerable at that moment']
Whoops! Did she take it with anything approaching a sense of humor?
I had been talking to another coworker when someone else overheard my call the boss fat and ugly.