What’s Your Best Thanksgiving Story?

Off topic, but seasonal.
I'll go first:

Grandma threw the Butterball in the oven, but her old age kicked in, and she forgot to set the timer. 

5 hours later the fire alarms are going off, the bird is in flames, and the oven is busted. The fire department showed up, and was kind enough to dispose of the crisp turkey. We think this helped to minimize everyone's PTSD. Although Uncle Jerry really wanted to save it and put it on his wall, like some fucking deer he had shot.

Ended up with $300-worth of KFC that evening, and a grandma who still refuses to cook on Thanksgiving to this day.
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CuriousFox
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Not a story but I thought I'd share our tradition. We have half American half Lebanese cuisine, watch the Godfather, and then sip whiskey around a fire. 
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Account Executive
@CuriousFox your family sounds dope. Can they adopt me?
CuriousFox
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We always welcome strays friend 🦊
Iizmu
Big Shot
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Account Executive
A7lan a7lan Habibi- enjoy! It’s not a Lebanese dinner if there isn’t any fateh and Kibbe 😂
JMSwiggidy
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Enterprise Account Executive
My step sister doing lines in the bathroom then fucking my cousin. How I love family reunions.
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Account Executive
Your family reunions sound lit 😂😂
JMSwiggidy
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Enterprise Account Executive
Should have seen my wedding 😞
TheOverTaker
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Senior Account Executive
Uncle Jerry sounds like my kinda guy
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Account Executive
Uncle Jerry is a character
Sunbunny31
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Great story, thanks.  I have zero way to top that except for the year my aunt, who was raised in a barn based on her lack of manners, took all the mashed potatoes before several people had gotten any at all.  I could have cheerfully strangled her, but forbore.
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Account Executive
Your aunt and my Uncle Jerry would get along famously
Sunbunny31
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Unless they both wanted that last scoop of potatoes.   It could get ugly.
FormerStartupJobHopper
Tycoon
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Work related but I worked at a shitty start up in my first closing role as full cycle AE. No one taught me shit, and it showed. I couldn’t close a door. I only worked there for 6 months, but I never took one day off. Except, we weren’t given Black Friday off. I asked for it off, and my 2 bosses (VP Sales, Canadian and CEO, Russian) said NO cause I/the team was under quota. Keep in mind we had “unlimited PTO”. I respectfully pushed back, once, and they said they’d think about it. Finally, without asking, the sales engineer who was a co-founder and that I had developed a good relationship with called them out. He basically said “guys, this is basically a holiday in the US. You will be the only tech sales team working, and no one will be picking up the phone”. And this guy was French! Long story short, I got my one day off, and got canned 6 weeks later
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A thought-inducing response surrounding what really is “unlimited” PTO 🤔
Diablo
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Fire dept must have cursed you for ruining their day with the burnt turkey 🦃
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Account Executive
The family likes to say it gave them a little holiday excitement 😂
Mobi85
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2007 - Thanksgiving at a friends house.  The food was fine but post dinner drinks is when the excitement started.  Everyone was having a good time and playing games and having fun.  Out of leftfield my friends parents and my friend got into a major verbal altercation that almost came to blows and having to call the cops to separate everyone... was able to get everyone calmed down by me removing my friend from his own house and having him crash at my place.  Kicker to the story is very early the next morning we (Friends dad, my buddy and a few others) were driving to Arrowhead stadium to see Mizzou play Kansas in football (Ranked 1 and 2 in the nation at that time).  You could have cut the tension with a knife in that car for the 2.5 hour car ride.  Tension was broken when I cracked open a cold 2 hours into the ride after we stopped for gas.  Last time I went to their place for Thanksgiving.  
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I don’t blame you for steering clear these days
Mobi85
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Regional Sales Manager
Still good friends with the entire family but just stay clear of the holidays with them. 
Justatitle
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Account Executive
1.) love uncle Jerry
2.) Wasn't thanksgiving but in the realm of poultry my dad lit a whole chicken on fire on the grill on my deck and almost set the back deck into flames
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Account Executive
I imagine your Dad felt fortunate that happened on the deck, and not in your kitchen
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