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Our United Way campaign is in full swing right now, and this year the organizers are trying all sorts of different things to make it more fun.
Like for example, they have set up a system where you can pay money to vote to have someone receive a pie in the face. At the end of the campaign, the recipient of the most votes will receive their creamy rewards.
When I was in high school and college, I worked with elementary school kids at a summer camp each year. Each week we would have similar contests. Little kids really eat up that sort of crap. "Hey kids, Counselor Bob is going to get a pie in the face! Woohoo! A pie in the face! Can you imagine! You had better help your team reach its goal! Because Counselor Bob is going to get a pie in the face! Wow, won't that be funny!"
A pie in the face. Our people are supposedly being motivated because someone in management is going to get a pie in the face. I can feel the money getting sucked from my wallet as I type... NOT.
A little creativity is desperately needed.
For example, if I were in charge of such things, here is how I would do it: the recipients of the most votes would be forced to dress in drag each day for a week (including makeup), and during shift changes they would have to stand beside the exit gate (where everyone can see them) and sing "The Yellow Rose of Texas" at the top of their lungs. Now that would be funny, and I would pay to see it.
A pie in the face, my ass.
Like for example, they have set up a system where you can pay money to vote to have someone receive a pie in the face. At the end of the campaign, the recipient of the most votes will receive their creamy rewards.
When I was in high school and college, I worked with elementary school kids at a summer camp each year. Each week we would have similar contests. Little kids really eat up that sort of crap. "Hey kids, Counselor Bob is going to get a pie in the face! Woohoo! A pie in the face! Can you imagine! You had better help your team reach its goal! Because Counselor Bob is going to get a pie in the face! Wow, won't that be funny!"
A pie in the face. Our people are supposedly being motivated because someone in management is going to get a pie in the face. I can feel the money getting sucked from my wallet as I type... NOT.
A little creativity is desperately needed.
For example, if I were in charge of such things, here is how I would do it: the recipients of the most votes would be forced to dress in drag each day for a week (including makeup), and during shift changes they would have to stand beside the exit gate (where everyone can see them) and sing "The Yellow Rose of Texas" at the top of their lungs. Now that would be funny, and I would pay to see it.
A pie in the face, my ass.
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