Holiday Cheer in the Workplace? 28
inherent asks: "With the holiday's quickly approaching, the a
fternoon here at work has begun degrading into a large-scale
decorations-fest. Having recently graduated College, I'm used to
much more 'outlandish' decorations than those I see going up on cube
walls around me. What are some /.ers best and worst memories of
holiday cheer in the workplace?" I'm from the school of thought
that leaves the Christmas decorations for when it's closer to
Christmas rather than before Thanksgiving, but maybe that's
just me. But, for those of you who just can't wait to share the
cheer, this year...this one is for you.
I keep a little "Holiday Cheer" at all times (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I keep a little "Holiday Cheer" at all times (Score:1)
Cheer doesn't bother me, don't make me participate (Score:4, Interesting)
I do not celibrate christmas or any other of the fun holidays during this time of year. I would rather them do away with them if possible.
What bugs me the most is everything everyone seems to do is all christmas related. Generic decorations I do not mind, but I would rather not be confronted with a picture of St. Nick at the work place.
Guess what I'm trying to say is decorate and celebrate if you must, because if no other reason we all need to lighten up and take a break, but make it generic so those of us that are a little disgruntled with this time of year are able to keep on working. Forced participation in the company or IT christmas parties... Yick!
Re:Cheer doesn't bother me, don't make me particip (Score:2, Funny)
Actually, I don't even like "fun" or "happiness." And so many people these days walk around with smiles on their faces, like it was coming back in style.
Please do not involve me in your "relationships" or "emotions." I'm here to work, and so are you.
(yes, it's sarcasm.)
bushy (Score:3, Funny)
Each year, we look forward to being called over the PA system to "come to the loby and decorate the bush!"
Re:bushy (Score:1)
Reminds me of a radio station I was listening to a while back. I think it was WOAI-AM with a syndicate show of some flavor. Anyways. The detail that stuck out to me is that somebody stuck a copyright or trademark on the phrase "Christmas Wish List" and they couldn't say that phrase without the correct attributation or use that as part of the program in that fashion any more (even though they had for many years).
Eh well... I move along...
Humbug! (Score:4, Funny)
I have petitioned [erain.com] management to institute the celebration of Festivus [interlog.com].
I think that a corporate celebration of Festivus [benjerry.com] gives a brilliant opportunity [crazygrrl.com] for the traditional "Airing of grievances" [salon.com].
Re:Humbug! (Score:1)
Ahh well, at least I can still Go Off Alone & Partake Joyously of a Hot Dog on a Friday.
Festivus? Feh! (Score:2)
do you need to ask?? (Score:3, Funny)
I've been running xsnow between Dec 1 and Jan 1 since about 1994. It's about the only true tradition I have.
Re:do you need to ask?? (Score:1)
who owns the top of the cubicle? (Score:1)
The lights are alternately red, white and blue. About 6 bulbs of each color before rotating to the next. The rope light just looks dumpy. Not cheery. You know how Grandma keeps putting up the same decorations after 20 years not noticing that they look bad?
Every year, another co-worker threatens to display this set of plastic bells that play jingles when you bump them.
It was brutal the first year she displayed them. We convinced her to turn them off. Way worse than some low quality MIDI wavetable playback.
Now she just displays her inflatable (!) Xmas tree.
Re:who owns the top of the cubicle? (Score:2)
I was watching an old Airwolf the other day where that was being used as data cable in a hi-tech comms room. All I can do is reset the hubs to a beat to get a flashing effect. (accompanied by screams froom the users....)
Food (Score:3, Insightful)
People around here like to bring all sorts of food in for the whole group to snack on during the day. It ranges from Christmas themed cookies to cheese, crackers, cold cuts, & cake. That beats decorations anyday.
Re:Food (Score:1)
Our sales guys have it figured out: DONUTS!
Then, when they come in asking a dev for a new feature for a potential new client, they just remind us of the DONUTS!
Print some of these posters out (Score:2, Interesting)
The pot-luck dinner! (Score:3, Funny)
Needless to say, there was much christmas cheer going on in the sysadmin and DBA staff. Other than some laughs, surprisingly, nothing was said.
Look! A Gingerbread Cubicle (Score:2, Interesting)
I picked up some scrap pieces of wood from the local lumber shop (basically gardening stakes) and nailed them together to create a simple inverted-V roof that sat on top of the cubicle walls.
I then covered the frame with the brown paper that you can wrap packages in (came from UPS) to make a roof, as well as the sides of the cubicle. With a little imagination, it looked like a little brown house.
After that, I used cotton along the edges to mimic the icing of a gingerbread house, and bought lots of lollipops and candy canes which I stuck on the outside.
In the end, it really did look remarkably like a Gingerbread cubicle.
One of my coworkers, once he saw it, replaced the little nametag on the outside (which read Peter Hamlen, Systems Analyst) with Esmerelda, Wicked Witch.
The best part was that Dec 28th was "Family Day" at HBO, so there was a steady stream of children coming onto the floor saying "I want to see the gingerbread house". Not a lot of work got done that day...
Ah, how about being employed? (Score:2, Insightful)
I would gladly settle for a re-enactment of that memory.
Re:Ah, how about being employed? (Score:1)
Re:Ah, how about being employed? (Score:1)