My boss had gone deer hunting with some friends and his juvenile son. One of these friends was a police officer (important).

We come in the office that next Monday and boss is very somber. We ask how hunting went. He says, “so and so shot his toe off”. The name I heard was the name of the police officer. I chuckled. A cop seriously has a gun accident?

My boss looks at me like “why in the hell are you laughing?” I say “is he ok?” Boss “yes but he won’t be going to school for a few days?” Me, in my head “school???” I stop and say “wait. WHO did this happen to?” Uh yeah, it was his SON.

Wanted to crawl in a hole and die.

I did explain myself and deeply apologized. It was not held against me.