Thursday, January 22, 2009

3 Things I learned from my Office Retreat…

1. It should not be called a “retreat” (no matter what management says) because that implies a fun, non-work related experience. It should have been called “Six-Hour-Meeting-Where-You-Fantasize-About-Plunging-a-Pen-in-your-Eye.”

2. Some people have no idea how to “keep comments under 2 minutes” or “keep comments on topic” or “keep comments from being the stupidest things ever said” or “keep comments from making people want to plunge a pen in their eye”.

3. Never volunteer to be in charge of an office “retreat”. It’s never a good idea. Never, ever, ever!!!!*



*I don't know what I was thinking when I volunteered. I blame it on a high fructose corn syrup delusion...

2 comments:

themayerfamily said...

Definately not a retreat. I'm hoping you still have both eyes. And I do want a gold star. So save one for me.

Andrea said...

Doesn't sound like much of a retreat, especially if you were there to discuss the changes on the FAFSA (can you guess what we talked about at our retreat?).