They had the traditional Gift Drawing at work, with some surprisingly nice gifty prizes.... a small television, an Xbox game system, a DVD player, and the usual filler things like table centerpieces and $5 gift cards.
Not so surprisingly, the upper level gifts were won, one and all, by members of management. Those below the salt got the rest.
As a newbie, I expressed suspicion surprise interest in this and was promptly bundled into a stock room by one of the senior managers.
SM: "So, you doan like the gift grab?"
Me: "What's not to like? No, it's fine."
SM: "So, you doan like dat you dint win nothing?"
Me: "Would have been nice to win, but I really don't care."
SM: "So, you chust makin' trooble for no good reason?"
Me: "I'm not making 'trooble', I just thought the way it went was kind of funny."
SM: "So, you doan think it go that way by accident, the way it has since we done it years and years and a long time?"
Me: *silence*
SM: "Not dat it goed dat way all da time... uh, no, not all da time."
Me:*silence*
SM: "Go get some punch, why doncha?"
Later on in the day, I was notified I'd "won" a fruitcake. Thank you, Big Mall!
Posted by LeeAnn at December 20, 2004 08:10 AM