This Women Received A Bizarre Gift At Work & Everyone’s Asking To Call HR Until The Plot Twists

• By Asad Tipu
• August 12, 2017
• 2 minutes read

Twitter lost its mind over a vegetable this week.

I wish I was exaggerating, but I’m not. A woman received a zucchini at work from her boss, who placed it on the table with a sly, knowing wink. And the internet’s collective response was screaming bloody murder and calling for a lawsuit against the boss. Because a zucchini is like a green eggplant and an eggplant is the emoji symbol for penis.

Talk about stretching.

The tweet went viral, with over 2K retweets and nearly 7K likes.

my boss gave me a zucchini… like just plopped this shit on my desk and winked. What…. pic.twitter.com/HliLbKd0E4

— Zoë (@itsZoeWest) August 7, 2017

People were horrified when they found out.

No effing WAY!! pic.twitter.com/pD1CDWMvM1

— dre (@MotownDR) August 8, 2017

And that she should go to Human Resources and sue.

pic.twitter.com/QpOtyAobi5

— marinara sauce (@goldenshells) August 10, 2017

After all, workplace harassment is no small matter.

https://twitter.com/jublue31/status/894649648631218177

It’s unprofessional and unacceptable.

That's it. Call HR. pic.twitter.com/Sd5fc3H1qz

— Graham Brown (@GayBoyColor91) August 8, 2017

Except the story isn’t all as it seems. Turns out, the boss is a gardener who was sharing the crops.

wait lemme clear some shit up lmao my boss is an older white woman who takes pride in her garden, it was just the wink that did it 😂

— Zoë (@itsZoeWest) August 7, 2017

Beat the zucchini with an eggplant.

I'm fucking crying, she's an older lady who loves to garden 😂

— Zoë (@itsZoeWest) August 7, 2017

It’s just a vegetable, after all!

I am fucking weeeeeak at these responses

— Zoë (@itsZoeWest) August 7, 2017

Someone even gave her advice how to cook it.

Thank you!!!! Finally advice on what to do with this thing!!

— Zoë (@itsZoeWest) August 7, 2017

Everyone’s calling harassment and here she is just trying to eat.

😭😭 I was just tryna get some organic shit in my life

— Zoë (@itsZoeWest) August 7, 2017

The confusion was hilarious.

https://twitter.com/morenxtt/status/894651144206733313

Context matters, of course, and Zoe knew that her boss was kidding.

Can we talk about how everyone assumed the boss was a man

— ¿? (@IIIAMSHE) August 8, 2017

She’s even kind of wishing that the initial assumption was true.

Would've been at the settlement meeting like pic.twitter.com/jG9gsW4Lge

— Zoë (@itsZoeWest) August 7, 2017

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s harassment! Actually, it’s just a zucchini.

😭😭 I was just tryna get some organic shit in my life

— Zoë (@itsZoeWest) August 7, 2017

Almost everyone was convinced she was going to cash out a big settlement.

Girl you and everyone else was CONVINCED I was boutta get this big payment from HR 😩😂😂

— Zoë (@itsZoeWest) August 7, 2017

This entire roller coaster actually ends with an awareness meeting.

PLOT FUCKING TWIST WE GOT A SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEMINAR TOMORROW AT 8AM THIS IS BRAZY

— Zoë (@itsZoeWest) August 7, 2017