My boss said I need to come in for ‘team bonding’… it was literally assembling office chairs.

She hyped it up all week. “Team bonding day! Be ready for something fun!”

I thought escape room? Board games? Even awkward icebreakers would’ve been acceptable.

Instead, they had us unpack flat-pack office chairs and assemble them because “maintenance is backed up.”

We weren’t bonding. We were unpaid labor. Team IKEA, reporting for duty.