Alright, let’s talk about this ‘dim sum funeral movie’ thing. It’s not like I actually watched a movie with that name, you know? It just got me thinking about something that happened a while back. It wasn’t a movie, and thankfully not a real funeral, but the vibe? Man, it was something else, totally fit that weird description.
I remember I was working at this company, a smaller place trying to act big. We’d poured months into this massive project. Like, late nights, weekends, the whole deal. We were all running on fumes, but management kept telling us this was the ‘next big thing’.
The Big Day Arrives
So, the launch day finally came. We all gathered in the main conference room. Everyone was exhausted but kind of hopeful, you know? Waiting for the big numbers, the success story. Instead, the big boss walks in, looking pale. He didn’t even wait, just dropped the bomb: the whole thing was a flop. Worse than a flop, actually. It was costing the company a fortune, and they were pulling the plug. Effective immediately.
You could feel the air just get sucked out of the room. People were stunned. Some looked angry, some looked like they were gonna cry. Months of work, just down the drain. And then, the weirdest part happened.
The ‘Celebration’
Right after delivering this news, the boss claps his hands together and says, “But hey, we worked hard! Let’s not forget that. We’ve ordered food!” And in roll these catering trolleys. And what’s on them? Dim sum. Like, tons of it. Siu Mai, Har Gow, Char Siu Bao, the whole fancy spread.
So there we were. Sitting in silence, staring at this mountain of festive food, after being told our massive project was dead and buried. It was the most surreal, uncomfortable meal I’ve ever had. People were just picking at things, nobody really talking. It felt like:
- Awkward Silence: Nobody knew what to say.
- Forced Smiles: Management trying to pretend this was somehow okay.
- Wasted Effort: The food felt as pointless as the project now seemed.
- Wrong Vibe: Eating celebratory food at what felt like a wake.
I just kept looking at the shrimp dumplings, thinking about the server code I’d spent weeks debugging. It was just… bizarre. Eating fancy snacks while mourning a dead project. It wasn’t a movie, but it felt like a scene from a really strange one.
So yeah, ‘dim sum funeral movie’. That phrase? It just clicked, reminded me exactly of that day. Sometimes life, or work, throws these moments at you where things are so mismatched, so tonally off, you don’t know whether to laugh or just stare blankly. You just kinda had to be there, I guess. Wasn’t fun at the time, but looking back, it’s one of those stories, you know? You just gotta process the weirdness.