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First time winner?!
Today was my company's software release party. To celebrate, we had a little scavenger hunt with the six newest hires (myself included) each getting to be a leader of a scavenger hunt team. A few days ago we were called up in front of everyone and had to pick who was going to be on our teams. (It was like high school gym class all over again.)
Yesterday at noon they sent out the lists of items. Some of these things were truly cracked-out. A Farah Fawcett poster? A picture of the Osmond Brothers from when Donny was 12? A piece of artificial turf?
My boss spent the better part of yesterday morning, going around telling everyone innocently that she'd heard there would be a meeting and aren't you supposed to present? Then she proceeded to hold people's possessions for ransom, and plotted with her team to steal other team's items. Competition made her a completely different person. It was creepy!
In the end it was a dead heat between my team and hers. There was a great deal of arguing over creativity points and whether or not something should count. (How come they got creativity points for having a "bird's nest" made out of paper, but we didn't get any for "farthest postcard" for a postcard of the Moon taken via satellite?!) It was great fun.
But at the release party (at a park, with water guns and barbecuing) they announced that my team won. I've... never won anything before!
My share was a very nice backpack and gift certificates to Jamba Juice, Starbucks, and Moe's Bagels.
Basically, the last two days have been nothing but fun and shiny. I think I've done about ten minutes of work.
Awesome.
Yesterday at noon they sent out the lists of items. Some of these things were truly cracked-out. A Farah Fawcett poster? A picture of the Osmond Brothers from when Donny was 12? A piece of artificial turf?
My boss spent the better part of yesterday morning, going around telling everyone innocently that she'd heard there would be a meeting and aren't you supposed to present? Then she proceeded to hold people's possessions for ransom, and plotted with her team to steal other team's items. Competition made her a completely different person. It was creepy!
In the end it was a dead heat between my team and hers. There was a great deal of arguing over creativity points and whether or not something should count. (How come they got creativity points for having a "bird's nest" made out of paper, but we didn't get any for "farthest postcard" for a postcard of the Moon taken via satellite?!) It was great fun.
But at the release party (at a park, with water guns and barbecuing) they announced that my team won. I've... never won anything before!
My share was a very nice backpack and gift certificates to Jamba Juice, Starbucks, and Moe's Bagels.
Basically, the last two days have been nothing but fun and shiny. I think I've done about ten minutes of work.
Awesome.