And After the Feeding Frenzy...Lunch!

[gnomi]

Today it was yet again proven that the two most dangerous words here at work are "Free Stuff." A whole bunch of outdated marketing Stuff (t-shirts, pens, binoculars, etc.) with Old Company Logo (in the 4 years I've been here, we've had 3 or 4 logos) needed to Go Away, and our guy in charge of supplies for our office sent e-mail with the dreaded words. Suddenly, normally rational folks, people of fine moral standing (I think...I don't usually ask) are diving and shoving for Stuff. And yes, some of it is Good Stuff - I nabbed some Stuff I am quite happy with. But the level of frenzy that it engendered was fascinating from a sociological perspective and somewhat scary from an in-the-thick-of-it perspective.

On the upside, our new receptionist (who started yesterday) got to see a large number of people in a short amount of time, many of whom even stopped to introduce themselves.

But now, food. Because being part of a ravening horde is hungry-making business.



(Omer day 35, for those of you playing our home game)