Killed By A Freudian Slip

(I am on the phone with my supervisor.)

Supervisor: “[New Employee I haven’t met] won’t be in today. She was in a fatal car accident.”

(My heart almost stops.)

Me: “WHAT?!?”

Supervisor: “Yeah, she’ll be starting in a few days.”

Me: “[Supervisor], you scared me. I think someone needs to tell you what ‘fatal’ means!”