Yay! Funtivities!!!

I go to work a little early some Mondays and sit down for our weekly staff meeting. This week I found we were being lead by a woman from operational losses. She felt it would be a great idea for us to "get woken up" with a great activity. So, before we got there she had strategically hidden pieces of paper within a four foot radius of where we were sitting with questions on them. What do we get if we win? Why we get to answer more questions than anyone else!

What followed were 30 seconds of awkwardly stumbling around and grabbing the highly noticeable papers and showing even more chagrin towards the activity than was probably necessary just to get across the point that we didn't want to do this ever again.

The sad part is, this could have been done so much better. I don't see Michael Scott sending his employees on a scavenger hunt without giving them a reward, even if it's just an ice cream sandwich. Did I say "just" an ice cream sandwich? I mean, AN ICE CREAM MOTHER FLIPPIN' SANDWICH! BOOYAH!!!

So what other wake up activities could we have done that might have even transcended into the highly sought after realm of funtivities?

Musical Chairs: We all remember this childhood anxiety attack. Only now, the winner gets the loser's salary for three months! I feel this will inspire promptness to the meeting and quite frankly, a trip to the hospital. So if you win injured, extra money and half-day Monday!

Who's Epileptic? or Seizure Ball!: Okay, here's the scenario. All of the blinds are closed, there are two teams, two goals, one ball with lights all around it flashing brightly. All you see are blue, green, yellow, banker's elbow in your face! Whoever is epileptic is on the floor convulsing. You've just outed them. Now others can judge them accordingly. And best of all, whether someone seized, or the resident sexagenarian got tackled to the floor, they need someone to take them to the hospital so, again, half-day Monday!