Nothing they could do for the co-worker who cuts herself

NOT to be outdone by the new mother-in-law, one of them is teaching herself how to cook.

With mixed results, so far. On the positive list sits a superb chicken casserole. On the failure list sits a loaf of brown bread so flat it could serve as a frisbee — if you wanted a frisbee crossed with a kettlebell. As she opens the office window because of the heat, the sleeve of her gauzy top slides back to her forearm.

“And that’s another thing,” she tells the other two early arrivers. “I’m doing myself terrible damage. Look — burned myself on the oven rack.”