Gramsci scuttled for cover under the keyboard. "But I thought," he ventured timidly, "that that was one of the leading causes of office stress?"
"Exactly!" roared the Cow. "The Nipple Owner reported just such a problem in his department!"
"Ah! But armpit smelling, like nipples, is gendered, if this article is to be believed!" remarked Gramsci. "The study was on the effects of women smelling men's armpits!"
The Cow, inexplicably, did not find that reassuring. She was also rather alarmed that the article advocated getting wasted with colleagues and offloading problems onto them. Given the amount of offloading that happened among the sober, the prospect of what might happen with lowered inhibitions was truly terrifying.
But she could relate to the water cooler suggestion. Particularly if there was something worthwhile in the water... And if not, there was always the option of going back to sleep...