I work for a non-profit with little cash for things like employee moral. We work with people who face really hard times, and so at times our work can be quite draining. Thus, we have to make our own fun.
Each year we have a door decorating contest – prize is bragging rights only. Last year I was housed in the Finance Division, and we created this masterpiece:
It was great fun to do and we did win the grand prize.
This year I am in a smaller office, along a hall of similar spaces. This is what my next door neighbor created this year. She is a wonderfully up-beat person who always has a smile and a kind word. The photos of tots being not so good are very funny, and I wish you could see them more clearly in this photo. I know her clients will enjoy seeing that door.
I currently share a small over-crowded office with a big-hearted but curmudgeonly fellow who has the job of making sure we all have funding – a job that requires him to smile and be genial all day and evening long. It is a job filled with highs and lows, frustration and moments of glory. He and I share a dark humor that helps him smile when he really wants to say “WTF are you thinking?” many times a day. He is NOT into door decorating and stuff like that. He isn’t against it but has no time or energy for it. He would give you the shirt off his back if he thought it would help, but don’t even talk to him about where to hang the tinsel.
So it was left up to me to put together a door that properly represented the two of us and our unique outlook. Yesterday I sketched a plan, showed it to him and got a guffaw and a “go for it!”
This morning I arrived early and implemented my design. Here it is – we won’t win any awards, but we have people who know us laughing, given that the door is a foot away from the cheerful welcoming one of our neighbor.
Happy holidays to you!
Love your winning door and the photos. Trying to get a better look at the boy hanging from the washing line – surly they’re not pegs holding him up ??
Yes, they are!! It is a riot. I expect she found it on line if you google it you might be able to find it.
Love the door! Great sense of humor.
Thanks! It was fun to do and much simpler than last year’s. 🙂
Well you made me smile and I would vote for your door!
Thank you! If we lose by one vote, I will make sure they count yours.
Perfect.
I love the angle you took! Sometimes the grinchy point of view is the one people can relate to most!
We like to say we are hiding two soft hearts, but some days we hide them well.
Balance in all things 🙂 Walking your workplace hallway will bring a lot of smiles to a lot of faces I expect!
So far we have gotten lots of chuckles. 🙂
Damn, that’s hella cool!
Love the displays. It is fun to do something outside of the ordinary once in a while. Love all the photos of the kids doing not so fun things 😉
I think we are pretty good at making our own fun around here. 🙂 The mastermind behind last ear’s fabulous creation has a loop of tinsel on his door knob this year. He says he “can’t put in the time” like he did last year, but somehow I don’t believe him. I think come Monday, he will be busy with cardboard and paper. 🙂
sounds fun in your place of work ^^^
It can be. 🙂
I know it’s totally ‘off season’ now but I’m still catching up with things I’ve missed on your blog, and this post has me laughing like a drain at that final picture of the door you created to represent you and your colleagues wonderful sense of humour. I LOVE, ❤ LOVE, ❤ LOVE ❤ IT!
~ Cobs. x 😉
Lol thanks! It was fun. 😀