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gizaOn Friday, we had an "All Day Strategy Meeting" scheduled for the entire office. Nobody was looking forward to this because we're all computer programmers, and meeting suck.
So we're filing into the conference room on Friday morning and dial into the teleconference to join our colleagues on the west coast. Not surprisingly, they hadn't gotten on yet. Then, the secretary comes into the conference room and tells us that a building-wide fire drill is supposed to happen within the next 10 minutes. This got much laughter from us, and comments that the meeting was going to be delayed even more.
Finally, the secretary pops back in and tells us that the fire trucks are here and we should go outside. We stepped outside to find... a shuttle bus waiting for us. Our turned to us and said, "put your laptops back at your desk and grab your coats!" It turned out to be a bit of a delayed April Fools' joke. We ended up going over to Dave and Buster's for most of the day, and that was the company's way of thanking us for delivering out last software product on time.
It had been awhile since I was in an arcade so I did the appropriate thing: I had several drinks. (Hey, the company was paying!) Then I spent the rest of the afternoon playing games with the co-workers and generally having fun. I remember co-worker T driving back wards around the track in Daytona USA and getting in head-on collisions with the rest of us. Somewhere in there the boss gave us all silly little presents. I ended up getting a rubber chicken. Somehow he thought it was appropriate. :-)
On the way back, we piled into a stretch limo and, for something truly ironic, drove by the old office I used to work at. At least one person agreed with me that it was a little ghetto-looking. :-P
I don't think I'll ever have an All Day Meeting again that tops that.
So we're filing into the conference room on Friday morning and dial into the teleconference to join our colleagues on the west coast. Not surprisingly, they hadn't gotten on yet. Then, the secretary comes into the conference room and tells us that a building-wide fire drill is supposed to happen within the next 10 minutes. This got much laughter from us, and comments that the meeting was going to be delayed even more.
Finally, the secretary pops back in and tells us that the fire trucks are here and we should go outside. We stepped outside to find... a shuttle bus waiting for us. Our turned to us and said, "put your laptops back at your desk and grab your coats!" It turned out to be a bit of a delayed April Fools' joke. We ended up going over to Dave and Buster's for most of the day, and that was the company's way of thanking us for delivering out last software product on time.
It had been awhile since I was in an arcade so I did the appropriate thing: I had several drinks. (Hey, the company was paying!) Then I spent the rest of the afternoon playing games with the co-workers and generally having fun. I remember co-worker T driving back wards around the track in Daytona USA and getting in head-on collisions with the rest of us. Somewhere in there the boss gave us all silly little presents. I ended up getting a rubber chicken. Somehow he thought it was appropriate. :-)
On the way back, we piled into a stretch limo and, for something truly ironic, drove by the old office I used to work at. At least one person agreed with me that it was a little ghetto-looking. :-P
I don't think I'll ever have an All Day Meeting again that tops that.
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Date: 2005-04-11 12:21 pm (UTC)Oh yeah...it should pay well too. :D
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Date: 2005-04-11 02:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-04-11 04:15 pm (UTC)I'll check and see if we're looking for interns, though.
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Date: 2005-04-11 05:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-04-11 05:24 pm (UTC)However, my boss did say that we might be looking for interns this summer. Please e-mail me your resume and we'll chat.