Wellness Day Disaster at the Office

The “Wellness Day” That Sent Half the Office to the Hospital I used to work for a marketing company

that loved doing “mandatory wellness events.” Our HR manager was obsessed with alternative

medicine and decided one year we’d skip the usual yoga and smoothies — instead, she booked a “detox

day.” She hired a guy who claimed to be a “natural health guru” from a local Facebook

group. He showed up wearing linen pants, no shoes, and brought a suitcase

full of herbs, powders, and mystery liquids. He told us we were going to “flush

out all negative energy and toxins” by drinking his homemade cleansing juice every hour.

At first, everyone thought it was harmless — just carrot juice or something — until