Pastry crumb nearly takes out worker

After eating a few bites of an imported pastry treat, crumb gets lodged in worker’s throat and nearly takes her out. Just when worker thought she got control of crumb, crumb decides it wasn’t quite done with her yet and went for another round. Upon thinking that a mere crumb almost took her out, worker takes gulp of beverage to wipe out crumb. Finally, the crumb subsided and allowed worker to carry on. In related news, worker considers originating cause of co-workers incessant throat clearing.