i think i've already established that there is a ping pong table in our kitchen at work. but if i haven't (or if you didn't know) - there is. so yesterday afternoon my boss walked back over to our cubes.
pause - let me give you some background on my boss. basically he is the definition of baller. he's from jamaica. he once told me he got diamond earrings for his wife for her birthday at $17,000 cheaper than market value. he has four cars - the worst of which is a mercedes. and he once wore skull cuff links.
ok now that we got that out of the way - back to the ping pong. so he walked over to our desks after getting some water from the kitchen and said, "hey guys - did you know there's a ping pong table in the kitchen?" to which we replied, "of course we did." so then he asked if we would be up for a game. you don't have to ask my twice about ping pong.
so we gathered a few others and made our way to the second floor of our kitchen (yeah our office is that cool). first match was me v. the boss. i took my heels off so i would be a little more stable. must have helped, because i won! sweet. but then i lost the next game. bummer. so i grabbed some water and sat down to watch the next matches. by this point a few people had gathered to watch and one other guy inserted himself into our "tournament." big mistake. he was in the military, which by default makes him good at ping pong (forrest gump, anyone?). he totally cleaned house.
gosh, what a great way to spend 45 minutes on a thursday afternoon - at work. and there was talk about creating a tournament pitting different work groups against each other. i can't wait. and then this morning we were greeted with fresh bagels and donuts and fruit. apparently this is a friday thing they do in this office. maybe i can learn to love the bad things. and according to my horoscope, today i should.
TGIF! only a few more hours until snow patrol/okgo! i'm really pulling for the treadmills. but if not, the cowbell will do!
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