The time there was tragedy at the office – the day a co-worker died

The office has a fish tank. There are 4 fishes – blue fish, yellow fish, orange fish who we call Aaron Neville and bottom feeder fish. This morning blue fish had got himself wedged in the rock in the tank and died. It was hard to say if it was suicide or if he was chased by yellow or Aaron and got stuck trying to escape. When it happened, B1 went onto the office PA to announce the tragedy “Blue fish has died” After prying him out of the rock, B1 put him in a baggy and placed him in the freezer. A few days later the cleaner came to take the garbage downstairs so I threw blue fish into the garbage. A few days later, B1 asked me where the fish was...I said in the garbage. Boy was I in trouble. B1 pointed out although the garbage was taken from the office area, it was left in the back until garbage day. He was upset as he insisted that blue fish should have been recycled. B2 got upset as she thought blue fish should have been flushed down the toilet…sad news B1 and B2 – fish cannot be recycled…the rules on that have not been changed even though you insist they have. Also the fish should not be flushed! The water system is not the place to dispose of an exotic fish species. B1 did not talk to me for the rest of the day as he was upset about not recycling the fish and about him being thrown out too early.