Balloon Phobia

This past new year's eve, my coworkers and I had lunch at a restaurant where they were blowing balloons in preparation for the midnight celebration. Every now and then, a balloon would pop and I would jump up from my seat. So during lunch, I was so stressed out because I didn't want to hear another balloon pop. Just anticipating another pop made me loose my appetite. All I could think of was another balloon was about to pop. Ever since I was young, I hated the sound of balloons popping. I hated walking through Circus Circus cuz of the carnival games involving balloons. So for 9 months, they've been planning and waiting for my birthday so they could tape a bunch of balloons in my cube. So when I got back from vacation, I saw all their hard work and long awaited scheme scattered in my cube. It was a sweet gesture, but evil at the same time. I didn't know what to do with them, so I left them all taped in my cube. I couldn't concentrate one bit. I was still on vacation mode, but having balloons all around me made it more difficult to concentrate. While I was working, my coworkers decided it would be funny to pop one of the balloons. My coworker Vince and I share a cube wall, so he stood up and popped it. And I fucking screamed at the top of my lungs! I was so frightened and embarrassed that my eyes started tearing up. I felt like I just died. My coworker Michael got so mad at Vince that he kinda yelled at him for scaring me. I love how my team mates usually have my back and watch out for me. At the end of the day, I had Shawn pop all the balloons while I stay back a little covering my ears. It may be a weird phobia but my coworker showed me a video of Olivia Munn and her fear of balloons. I'm glad I have the same phobia as a hot chick. Cuz honestly, she is freaking hot and I was cringing the whole time I was watching the video.