"We could make this a COVID 'kissing zone'!"
We looked at her like, you can't be serious. Are you serious?
At work, we are situated in a corral-style layout. We invigilators are positioned in the center of the place while testing goes on around the periphery. We are corralled in by counters and, because of COVID, plexi-glass.
With the holiday season in full swing now, we've been putting up decorations here and there. We have some lights strung along the tops of the plexi-glass partitions, and coworker J thought we should hang some mistletoe from the lights at one point - thus prompting kissing from respective sides of plexi-glass.
Yeah, no. Nice thought, but there are easier ways to visit the HR department.
Oh, okay, just what I'd thought. A headless snowcouple complete with disembodied heads. Apparently, it was meant to be a hot cocoa pot, and the heads are the lid. We're using it for candy - persistent leftovers from Halloween, but don't tell anyone.
On a side note, I remember a resident from when I worked at the old folks home. She told me she asked one of my young coworkers for some cocoa and was met with a blank stare. I guess "cocoa" is a word only us old folks know as "hot chocolate". That pot must be an ancient relic.
We do have a tree on a shelf in a corner. Public institution that we are, we cannot have any religious symbology as part of the decor. Adorning the top of the tree is an ornament commemorating 2020.
Looking closely, I realized it's a dumpster fire.
For a mascot, the college has the Wolves. We have no sports teams, but apparently all schools need a mascot.
We thought to put him - Apollo - at the top of our tree, but the dumpster fire won out since we're not allowed to adorn Apollo with angel wings.
He functions well as our masked motivator anyway.
4 comments:
Maybe hang the mistletoe over the wolf...
Herb, not a bad idea! Wolf is masked, plexi-glassed, and mucous membraneless.
I"m sorry a misteltoe at work could be problematic in today's world. We had one in our office in the early 80s and I avoided it like the plague. I began using the back door to the bldg. If my boss who was so gross even considered it I would have vomited. And he would have considered it because I saw what the others went through. Today he'd be fired and dragged through the mud. When asked why I never found myself under said mistletoe I told him I did not wish to be kissed by you or anyone I work with. I was a called a party pooper and a bitch. Oh well. So be it, he was a gross, greasy, big fat sloven pig. Otherwise....tee hee
Peggy, your old boss sounds like real prize ;). *party pooper*, like there's something wrong with you!
I guess mistletoe at work is mainly a no-no since we're on a college campus - administrators and students and all that. I remember having mistletoe hanging in high school. Wonder if it's allowed today?
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