Failure at Cooking: The Pepper Soup (Part 2)

This is part 2 of  The Pepper Soup

"Did you trip and fall, Steph?"  my Greek co-worker asked. He was grinning ear-to-ear as the entire office gathered around the small kitchen to witness the mess.

"No, I just opened my soup," I muttered, as I desperately tried to scrub the red and orange goop off the wall.

"Did you shake it up first?" the secretary asked, who was at least helping with the cleanup, but obviously laughing her butt off.

"No," I said firmly. "I just opened my soup."

"Did you put the metal container in the microwave before you opened it?" asked my concerned Polish colleague.

"No, I just opened my frakkin soup! Dammit, people, I was getting ready to pour it into a microwave-safe bowl, not trying to burn the whole office down."

My boss chimed in, "Was the soup hot when you put it in the container? Maybe it was too hot and it expanded and-"

"No, it would have had the adverse affect and actually condensed," the Greek argued.

My boss pointed her finger at him, hands still full of wet paper towels, "But it still could have caused some sort of vacuum."

I thought for...
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