Office Olympics 2008

So, last week was motivation week at my office. In honor of this, we had an event known as the Office Olympics. You might have thought this only happened on the TV show 'The Office' - but the longer I work here the more I'm convinced that the writers of that show must have at some point also been employed by this company (which shall remain nameless). We kicked off the week with some (manditory) bowling at our annual off site event! My team was the 'West Side Ballers' pronounced...'Ballas'. We even had T-shirts made with big crowns on them, and headbands with a big WB on them - it was the closest I'll ever come to being in a gang (thankfully).

We had an event everyday, the schedule went like this

Monday: Last minute PI (provider invoice). This is the deadline that happens twice a month when all of the doctor's timesheets come in and we have to get them all processed in 2.5 days.

Tuesday:Recycle Bin super shot. basically this is basketball with balls of paper that you had to shoot into a moving trashcan. My team got the silver in this one!

Wednesday: The Name Game. This was a spelling bee of sorts where we had to correctly spell doctor's last names. this can be tricky, especially with Dr. Chrephabodi, or Dr. Llguilar-Sincabanti. My team got the bronze in this.

Thursday: Policy Trivia. This was jepordy with company policy and procedure. My team got bronze in this.

Friday: Chair races. In this event I sat in the chair with my legs up while my teammate was blindfolded and I had to tell her how to get around obsticals - such as paper boxes, bowling pins, etc. My teammate was also our team captain who happens to be the most competitive person I've ever met. She stopped listeneing to me after two 'Right, Left's' and just plowed through all of the obstacles and into a desk. Fortunately, I was not injured, she however tripped over the chair. We missed bronze by 1 second.

Overall in the closing ceremonies we got the bronze... not to shabby.
West Side Ballers - what what!!