Nightmare on Fifth Street-Revisted

It's a yearly Oster tradition to create a spooky story to share with our friends and followers. There are lots of funny, random and ridiculous things that happen around our office throughout the year. We've compiled those stories and created "Nightmare on Fifth Street-Revisted. Enjoy!

It has been exactly one year since the horrifying and ghoulish deadline haunted the Oster office. Things have quieted down around here and most of the fright of the past year has been forgotten. Since that terrifying ordeal, the Oster team cleverly placed Matt at the front desk in an attempt to ward off any evil that may be nearby. But, on a particularly gloomy Wednesday morning, that same eerie feeling returned-this time even stronger than before....

As the Oster team sat at their desks working on a new project a strange sound was heard from the roof above. At first it was so faint they weren’t sure if it was just the trees brushing on the roof above or the creaks of the old building, but the sound continued and got more frequent. Everyone kept working and tried to ignore it but before long it got so excessive everyone in the office stopped and gave each other the look. There was no way this was a tree branch. The look of panic, frustration and fear came over the whole staff as it had become clear to everyone. They were back.

Suddenly, a loud scream was heard down the hall. Kerri and Karin rushed down the hall to see what was the matter. They entered and found Andres hiding under his desk looking white as a ghost. Commotion ensued outside his office window. They all peeked out to see the neighbors throwing chairs, screaming at each other and causing a riot. Could they be zombies? Karin grabbed Andres while reached for the phone to call the police. She tried to dial, but all she could hear is dead noise.

Bells heard in the distance signaled that someone – or something – had entered through the front door. Feeling brave, Rick looked at everyone and said, “I’ll handle it.” Off he went, only to return almost instantaneously with a look of fear and trepidation. It was beyond his worst imagination. Truly a zombie – having been seen wandering the neighborhood, and now in the office.

It had started to rain, and streaks of lightning could be seen through the open windows. What were those dark shadows that seemed to be climbing over the window sills? Why did this zombie smell so bad? Kerri peaked around the corner, but hoped she wouldn’t be seen. Kerri slowly backed into the hallway as the zombie began to creep around the corner in search for its next victim. As the zombie came out of the shadows and into the dim hallway light, everyone gasped as they saw the zombie was accompanied by a warewolf! Luckily Kerri is a trained dog whisperer and tamed the wild beast before it attacked!

Suddenly the Oster employees look around and realized the Intern had vanished! At the same time a terrible smell of rotten eggs and churizo began to hang in the air. Was it the Zombie? No, it seemed to be coming from the opposite direction near the bathroom. “Aye Dios Mio it’s a Chupacabra!” exclaims Andres as the bathroom door swings open. As the creature begins to lumber out of the bathroom, everyone exhales as they realize it is just the intern Matt. He had a Huepangos breakfast burrito earlier in the day and was the source of the indescribable smell in the office.

Everyone in the office retreats into the conference room as more zombies climb up the office stairs and towards the door. Their voices are slurred and harsh. “Brains! Brains!” they yell as they search for the Oster employees.

Andres, a skilled hunter and woodsman, decides to face the zombies and venture out of the office in search for help. Being the only person at the time with a cellphone, Andres tries to communicate for help on his iPhone. But he doesn’t know how to update his Facebook status, Tweet or send emails on cellphone! Rick quickly saves the day and uses Andres’ iPhone to Tweet “@SDPolice @Ghostbusters Help! Oster is under attack! #911 #Zombieproblems!”

Immediately Andres’ phone lights up! It was a response! Could someone have @replied already? Kerri, Bev, Karin, Andres and Matt try to read the message in Rick’s shaking and frightened hands. Bev translates the coded message from @SDpolice which read, “@Osterads don’t B alarmed! No Zombies outside your office, It’s just the #HillcrestHalloweenParade #drunkpeople.”

Karin slowly opens up the conference room door and peeks outside. She turns back inside with a smile the size of a Jack-o-Lantern. It was JUST the annual Halloween parade! The scary voices were not Zombies, but inebriated people across the street at the bar, NUNU’s. Cellphones lines were down due to the amount of party-goers and the landlines were shut down because Diane in accounting forgot to send out the telephone bill.

After realizing that their creative imaginations had got the better of them, the Oster team shook off their fears, put on their costumes and joined the Halloween Parade.

Click here to check out the Oster team in their scary Halloween costumes!