Nila was not what one would call a "joke person."
Wit and humor were foreign concepts to her, much like quantum physics.
Her idea of a good laugh was a well-structured spreadsheet.
But one day, a peculiar incident turned her into an unwitting comedian.
It was a mundane Monday morning when Nila was tasked with mailing a crucial
document.
As she was sealing the envelope, a particularly stubborn stamp decided to
play hard to get.
After several failed attempts, she muttered under her breath, "Oh, just
stick with me already!"
To her astonishment, her colleague, Ravi, who was unusually quiet that
morning, burst into laughter.
"You know," he wheezed, "that's actually a pretty good joke.
A stamp saying to an envelope, 'Just stick with me and we will go places
together.'"
Nila was dumbfounded. Had she actually made a joke?
She tried to recreate the moment, but the magic was gone.
From that day forward, Nila became the office's resident unintentional
comedian.
Her every mishap, every awkward comment, was met with laughter.
It was a strange new world for her, one filled with unexpected applause and
puzzled looks.
But as time went on, she realized that humor, like a good stamp, could stick
with people in a way that nothing else could.
