Thursday, December 11, 2003

Holidays are such time wasters…

Holidays are such time wasters...

So - today at work we had our "Holiday" party. Some people get to do exciting things like leave the office. Here we had food brought in, and placed around the floor. I think this was supposed to encourage people to talk to each other. It really doesn't work. There are two floors in my overall group and they really don't mix that well together. Not to mention the fact that over 50% of my floor is another group and contractors. Sometimes I feel bad for the contractors, they get treated like outsiders a lot. But I digress, we had a holiday party. So - we walked around the two floors and ate food for about an hour. Just when we were getting back to work they decided to hand out presents. Yippee! They put everyone's name into a stocking and drew for prizes. It was kind of lame. It was a nice thought, but really they could have just saved time by handing out gifts to everyone of equal value. Then no one would have felt left out. As it stood there were several "losers" and no one likes losers during the holidays.

I was not a loser. I got a spectacular gift. Not really. I got this lame little Hershey's sundae kit. It had 4 bowls with Hersheys printed on the side, an ice cream scooper and "genuine chocolate flavored syrup" Whoo hoo! Needless to say I wasn't thrilled. But okay - at least I wasn't a total loser, right? So - I have spent the entire afternoon goofing off. No real reason to do work when everyone is chatting and such. As I walked by these two ladies in the hall one of them was looking forlorn about being a "loser" So I gave her my prize. She has kids. They will love it smile The other lady she was talking to was not a loser, but didn't want her gift (I guess there isn't a blockbuster on Mercer Island) so she gave it to me! Short story long, I traded for a better gift! Whoo Hoo!

This morning when I got into work I noticed something on my chair. It was a gift from my department. It's a lunch box thing. One of those soft ones that is insulated. It is kind of nice. Kind of. But I don't think I will use it as everyone on my floor now has one. I may lose my lunch in the fridge if I decide to use it. Anyway - one of the things in the lunch thing was a movie ticket. ONE movie ticket. I though - okay - I can go alone. Or go halves with someone. Not the best deal, but I could handle it. Well, one of the ladies in my group (a different one) gave me her ticket! Now I get to rent movies and go see a movie!

So - today turned out to be pretty good! I did a minimum amount of work and I got pretty good prizes! Plus free breakfast - Scott bought me a bagel and coffee, free lunch and free coffee again this afternoon!

Sometimes I am really spoiled!


Posted by Autumn Goddess on 12/11 at 03:17 PM
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