Thursday, February 14, 2008

Thanks for Nuthin'

An announcement came over the intercom that the Employee Club was proud to offer a special Valentines Day treat to all employees.

I went down to the lunch room, and received this:

Should I feel thankful for this? I don't.

What the hell kind of VD treat is a Special K bar? What goes through peoples' heads when they make these decisions? "I know people like candy and chocolate for Valentines Day, but I think we'll get them a 90-calorie cereal bar."

Seriously.

8 comments:

T3 said...

but it's got chocolatey drizzle!

whatever that is.

Lunatic Biker said...

If it makes you feel better, one of the guy's wives baked me some chocolate chip cookies.

Gilby said...

The sight of IT employees on treat day is hilarious, though, especially when you can count the seconds between the default Outlook new mail sound echoing across the cube farm and the time it takes the Docker-clad to begin shuffling past--usually about 10 seconds--or play 'count the pocket protectors'. Almost makes me miss the corporate world.

Tenacious T said...

Are we that predictable?

I actually had to wait in line for like 5 minutes to get the damn thing. I think I burned more than 90 calories just standing there.

Gilby said...

Are we that predictable?

In a word, yes. That's why you need to become buddies with the admin in charge of the treat announcement. You give him/her a break when they accidentally crash their computer trying to install unauthorized software, and s/he will tip you off before the treat announcement.

SickBoy said...

don't let gilby fool you. she thinks that working for a nonprofit exempts her from the "corporate world" when, in fact, she spends just as much time doing corporate things as she did before. if not more, because the boss insists upon using Northwest Airlines.

Trish said...

I am guessing the person who came up with this grand plan has a poster with kittens on it in their cube…

Franz said...

Better than a pink slip in your paycheck Friday.

If they were thinking they would have distributed chocolate chip protein power bars. Now that is tasty.