It was my first week at a new job, and I was still trying to learn names, find the good coffee, and remember what floor the marketing department was on. One morning, I got in the elevator with a woman I hadn’t met yet. She gave me a tight smile, then immediately turned to the guy next to her and started whispering not that quietly about “the new guy in marketing” who “looks like he peaked in college.”
Spoiler: That was me.
We hit the same floor, walked out together, and I casually said, “Hey, I’m the new guy in marketing. Peaked in college, apparently. Nice to meet you.”
This was a while ago now, but not sure anything will ever top that.