One of the crucial in style “ask the readers” posts final yr was on uncommon however enjoyable workplace traditions. Right here’s a few of what obtained shared final yr:
• We had The Crew Plant. It was a pleasant atypical workplace houseplant in a basket, and it didn’t belong to anybody particularly. More often than not it lived on a credenza in the midst of our open house. However typically the group would simply resolve that you just deserved or wanted to have The Crew Plant in your desk for some time. You may discover it in your desk if you happen to obtained a promotion or had a brand new grandchild, or in case your automobile was broken in a fender-bender or somebody in your account group left the corporate, or if you happen to had a chilly and have been dragging. It appeared on my desk the week my father died and stayed there for some time, after which one in every of my co-workers accomplished a tough challenge and I handed it on to him.
• My ground has the entire lights off. We don’t like fluorescent lights. New individuals get a handful of poop emoji erasers to make use of as weapons to toss once you want somebody’s consideration however they’ve headphones on.
• I labored in a really informal office (shorts, denims, mainly something goes so long as it’s not too revealing), and we’d often have a “Formal Friday” (like informal Friday, however the reverse, get it?). Some individuals would simply costume workplace snazzy, some would put on one thing you’d put on to a cocktail social gathering, and a few individuals used the chance to bust out their 80s/90s attire with shoulder pads and chunky gold jewellery. Good enjoyable. (And, after all, completely non-compulsory.)
•. We now have interns who graduate into everlasting workers after ending their PhDs. We now have an odd custom of constructing individuals recite their thesis matter in iambic pentameter.
• I’ve simply joined a group the place individuals have large grownup terry fabric bibs to put on at lunch time. (The sort that may be purchased in bulk for nursing houses.) Mine was bestowed on me this week and I’m surprisingly blissful about it.
There was a clamor to share uncommon workplace traditions once more this yr, so have it at: please share within the feedback!