Happy Halloween!

Today was our office halloween party. It has been an interesting process. Early last week, someone came around the building and tore down all the posters and put up signs that said the halloween party was cancelled due to lack of interest. Apparently, the planning committee was supposed to have a meeting and no one showed up for it except the facilitator, so she got her panties all in a bunch and cancelled it. The next day, there were new signs saying the party was back on. It has been a ridiculous series of events.

This kind of thing is typical in this company. There are large groups of people who care only for themselves, and will only do things if it is in their own best interest. I'll give you an example. We have a manager here who was serving on a committee that rewards people who show enthusiasm and committment to the company. This was formed in an "employee of the month" type of reward, where the winner gets a cash prize and a small write up in the company's quarterly newsletter. This "manager" got a friend to nominate her for employee of the month, and when she found out she would not be eligible to win because of her involvement on the committee, she resigned from the committee so she could collect her prize. I tell ya, THATS committment.