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Karen in HR swung by my office this morning
Asked if I'm joining the Employee Engagement team-building session this afternoon
I said "what is it"
She said "an escape room"
I said "what time"
She said "5pm"
On a Friday
An escape room
At 5pm
On a Friday
The irony of trapping employees in a room they have to solve their way out of at the exact hour they've been trying to escape all week was apparently lost on her
I said "no"
She said "it's mandatory"
I said "so is reading the policy before enforcing it but here we are"
She said "it's about building team culture"
I said "I already spend 50 hours a week with these people. If we haven't built culture by now, a padlock and a flashlight aren't going to fix it."
She said "your attitude is part of the problem"
I said "my attitude built the Q2 forecast in two days. What has the escape room built."
She didn't answer
She left a flyer on my desk
I used it as a coaster
At 4:58 I packed my bag
The analyst saw me leaving
He said "you're not going?"
I said "I have somewhere to be"
He said "where"
I said "home"
He looked confused
Like the concept of leaving at 5 on a Friday was something he'd only read about
I said "you should try it sometime"
Got in the car
My wife called
She said "are you coming home?"
I said "I escaped"
She said "from what"
I said "the escape room"
She said "you didn't go did you"
I said "I didn't need to. I solved it from my office. The answer was the door."
She laughed
First time she's laughed at something I said in weeks
I'm counting that
Plz fix. Thx.
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