Win Three Prizes, And Then Give Two Away

Work was a little more interesting than other days on this fine day. I was invited by my work manager to be part of some team-building with two other departments under the brokerage umbrella. Neither were my own, but right now, that's not terribly important.

I worked in another room today as some remote co-workers came into the office (Yes, we've got to get used to using that phrase) for some pizza, chicken wings, donuts, cookies, and even a little thing called work. As afternoon had dawned, we played a little "Jeopardy!" today. Yes, patterned mostly after the TV game. We divided up into four teams, and the team that I was on had won the game. How neat it is that a few people in my workplace can put some technological wonders together. My team won the game, and then we did a drawing. Somehow, my name came up twice. It was misspelled, but even that's not important, although I might give the perpetrator a knuckle sandwich. I was entered twice and ended up somehow getting two prizes, a tumbler with the company logo and a t-shirt with a company logo. The trouble is, the shirt was a bit too small. To my delight, I found someone sitting across from me who gladly took the shirt, as it'd fit him more than it would have me. How nice it is to make another person's day when you don't want nice things to go to waste. I kept the tumbler............, but now I've got too many tumblers in my abode!


Oh, and the game yielded another opportunity for me to pick another prize, a series of strawberry plants. I chose mine, but I couldn't keep one because I live in an apartment and there'd be no real place for one. So, what's a wise old employee to do?? He gives it to a co-worker who could use one................., and also one who likes strawberries.