Greetings from Costa Mesa, California, USA!
Photos taken on Thursday, December 18, 2008.
If asked to describe an average day at my job, then I would NOT use this Thursday as an example as it was far from typical. How unusual was it? I can summarize it in two words: Playdoh & gingerbread.
My department has a meeting scheduled for an hour every Thursday morning. In the first part of the meeting we discuss the traditional office stuff – updates and changes in company and department policies and procedures; personnel hirings, departures and promotions; blah, blah, blah. The remainder of the hour is miscellaneous chitchat – the latest movies, vacation plans, etc. This week the meeting agenda was completely clear. With nothing to discuss, one manager decided to pass out her Christmas gifts: Playdoh.
Have I yet to mention that I work in the CREATIVE department? We used the hour crafting various things until someone suggested a bar and the idea caught fire. I have two weekly photos – yes, two – and the first one shows the output of our meeting. Beneath the Stoli (Vodka) sign is an assortment of beverages – a pink margarita with fruit slice, a martini with olive, a blue mug of beer with white foamy head, a blue can of soda with straw, etc. We also made a hamburger on a blue(!) bun, a pair of orange flip-flops, a pink mouse with a wedge of cheese, an orange toilet with poop, cigar with ashtray, a pair of orange dice and so on.
Next we had a company-paid lunch before an afternoon of team building between two departments. The holiday-appropriate activity was decorating gingerbread houses. Teams were randomly assembled the previous day to give time to plan their strategies. The contest would last two hours and have two winners in the categories of best use of materials and best curbside appeal.
We had eight teams and Santa’s sleigh had eight reindeer. But instead of Dancer, Prancer, et. al., teams had names like Candy Canes, Frosty and Rockettes. But we did have a Team Rudolph. In the second weekly photo are four of the decorated gingerbread houses, including the one for my team the Snowflakes who, pardon the pun, planned to bury the competition but that didn’t happen. We did not win in either category but my team and I, and everyone else, surely had a sweet and sticky great time.
Angelo
Photos taken on Thursday, December 18, 2008.
If asked to describe an average day at my job, then I would NOT use this Thursday as an example as it was far from typical. How unusual was it? I can summarize it in two words: Playdoh & gingerbread.
My department has a meeting scheduled for an hour every Thursday morning. In the first part of the meeting we discuss the traditional office stuff – updates and changes in company and department policies and procedures; personnel hirings, departures and promotions; blah, blah, blah. The remainder of the hour is miscellaneous chitchat – the latest movies, vacation plans, etc. This week the meeting agenda was completely clear. With nothing to discuss, one manager decided to pass out her Christmas gifts: Playdoh.
Have I yet to mention that I work in the CREATIVE department? We used the hour crafting various things until someone suggested a bar and the idea caught fire. I have two weekly photos – yes, two – and the first one shows the output of our meeting. Beneath the Stoli (Vodka) sign is an assortment of beverages – a pink margarita with fruit slice, a martini with olive, a blue mug of beer with white foamy head, a blue can of soda with straw, etc. We also made a hamburger on a blue(!) bun, a pair of orange flip-flops, a pink mouse with a wedge of cheese, an orange toilet with poop, cigar with ashtray, a pair of orange dice and so on.
Next we had a company-paid lunch before an afternoon of team building between two departments. The holiday-appropriate activity was decorating gingerbread houses. Teams were randomly assembled the previous day to give time to plan their strategies. The contest would last two hours and have two winners in the categories of best use of materials and best curbside appeal.
We had eight teams and Santa’s sleigh had eight reindeer. But instead of Dancer, Prancer, et. al., teams had names like Candy Canes, Frosty and Rockettes. But we did have a Team Rudolph. In the second weekly photo are four of the decorated gingerbread houses, including the one for my team the Snowflakes who, pardon the pun, planned to bury the competition but that didn’t happen. We did not win in either category but my team and I, and everyone else, surely had a sweet and sticky great time.
Angelo
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