In keeping with the Olympics theme, I've been trying to think of some events we could hold here in the office. Instead of medals, we could award podium finishers with 40, 60, and 90 minute lunch breaks. This is what I've come up with so far:
The Relay Meeting
Since meeting often go on way too long and we end up talking in circles and repeating ourselves, why not implement the meeting relay? Groups form teams of 4 and tag in and out of the meeting and see how long you can keep the meeting going without stopping. When a team reaches it peak of annoyance it will drop out of the race. Those who can sleep with their eyes open will fare well in this competition
Individual Coffee Making
Individuals will compete in making a batch of coffee that actually tastes good. Since it's never happened in my office, I'm sure this will be a difficult event that requires intense training. After the coffee is made it will be rated by a panel of judges. Scoring will be pasted on taste, presentation, and overall impression.
Water Cooler Races
Individuals will compete head to head against one another to fill up red solo cups with water and transport it back to a cup without spilling. The first to five wins. This could also be made into a team event.
Emoticon Images
Individuals will design pictures made out keyboard characters. The first day of competition consists of a skills test for basic emoticons ( happy - :) angry - >:[ surprised - :O etc) the top 12 will move on the the second day and compete in the free design where they can show off their skills and creativity creating different shapes. While the judging can be subjective it's proven to be a crowd favorite.
Elevator Races
Self-explanatory and just fun
Passive-Aggressive Email Replies
Judges issue an email will a simple request and then contestants compete head to head responding to one another trying to one up and create a better passive-aggressive reply to the email. The email chain will bounce back and forth between constants until one judge declares a constant has stepped out of bounds (i.e., said what they really think or turned to actual aggression) or a player runs out of replies and concedes.
Other ideas???
10 hours ago
You could always do a layer tennis competition with MS Paint. Two people will have an art competition where one person starts by making fun of the other in MS paint. The second person then has to use the original image and build off of that, this will continue for up to ten rounds and each person only has 20 minutes to make their picture. The judging will be based off of creativity and sheer aggressiveness of the competitors.
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ReplyDeletestuck in a cubicle, I think you're on to something here...
ReplyDeleteAnother competition for the office would be cooking food in the kitchen. The only ingredients are the ones you normally have in the office, no outside ingredients and you have to cook everything with the appliances at hand. The judging would be similar to chopped where a panel of your peers look at creativity, taste and ingredient use. After the olympics are over, you can have that person do all the cooking in your office.
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