You can try pretending to answer your cell phone. Shout "OH MY GOD!" and run out of the event. If someone later asks what that was all about, tell them that you're legally not allowed to discuss it. 'Course, folks will get suspicious after the third or fourth time you do this.
My phone has a feature where, if you press a button "fake call" is activated. Your phone rings and a message you recorded earlier plays. Mine says "It's an emergency! We need you right now!"
It's gotten me out of many a meeting.
(I haven't left school yet, so by meeting I mean social gathering of any kind)
I love it that every day Bug makes me laugh – and teaches me how to live at the same time. If Bug has a way to get out of staff meeting "icebreaker" games — bring it!
I I got into the pedomiter thing after watching "Super Size Me" around 2005. Used it about 5 times. Its now in the attic collecting dust with the other unused gadgets.
As far as business contests go, my brother works at a computer place and their contests are "who can sell the most [certain electronic manufacturer brand name here] [certain electronic device/application]s"
He won on for laptops when someone from a company whose name I can't remember so it's probably not very well known, came in telling him he needed 500 very high quality (around $1000) laptops for his employees, and 300 more for a different faction of employees.
His coworkers got real made when they saw the final results looking something like this:
I suppose that is is silly to comment on a year old comic, but I simply had to. I tend to read webcomics at work, and I have a public service job. I got to the punchline for this comic, actually pannel 3, just as someone came to my desk. So there I am, grinning like an idiot, trying not to LOL while I processed their transaction. I must have looked like the biggest tool. Love your work, thank you so much for entertaining us.
When I worked for PacBell in CA, the field supervisor wanted to do a contest whereby the fastest installer would be given a powered screwdriver as a prize. The union rep said if they wanted to improve performance numbers, shouldn’t they give *everyone* a powered screwdriver (or give it to the *slowest* installer)?
Wished that worked for those company training sessions. I'd be all over that in a minute. Diversity training? Pffft, i'm out.
The worst thing to hear in those meetings is: "Okay, now let's break off into groups."
I disagree Adam, I think the worst part is 5 minutes later when they say "let's come back together and discuss what we came up with"
Oh god, I'm reminded of high school… gah!
I’d make a joke about it being a pedophile meter, and then get fired.
This is pretty much how we used to conduct physical training when I first joined the Air Force.
Also it looks like my monkey is admiring PJ's cat.
Great comic, and helpful at the same time. Any ideas on how to get out of team building events?
You can try pretending to answer your cell phone. Shout "OH MY GOD!" and run out of the event. If someone later asks what that was all about, tell them that you're legally not allowed to discuss it. 'Course, folks will get suspicious after the third or fourth time you do this.
Have you done that?
My phone has a feature where, if you press a button "fake call" is activated. Your phone rings and a message you recorded earlier plays. Mine says "It's an emergency! We need you right now!"
It's gotten me out of many a meeting.
(I haven't left school yet, so by meeting I mean social gathering of any kind)
very good comic. Fun stuff man..keep it up
Hoho, takes me back to when the Employee of the Month would win the parking place closest to the Hellmouth– I mean, the timeclock.
Good times, good times.
I love it that every day Bug makes me laugh – and teaches me how to live at the same time. If Bug has a way to get out of staff meeting "icebreaker" games — bring it!
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Success to thee you Evil GENIUS!
I I got into the pedomiter thing after watching "Super Size Me" around 2005. Used it about 5 times. Its now in the attic collecting dust with the other unused gadgets.
Bug should teach us how to deal with doctors too. They're evil.
Unless they happen to be Dr. Feelgood.
hahah very awsm lizard vomit green
http://abstrusegoose.com/170 has another fun view on pedometers..
You should check out what "pedo" means in Mexican Spanish. Imagine then a pedometer contest….
If it has any relation to Pedobear, my sympathies.
Tried to use the "share" button (IE 8, Firefox 3.n) and doesn't seem to work? Regardless still sent this one to friends, too funny!
Bug used lizard vomit green in his site. ;D
these are some good stuff here mate
keep it up..wonder what would bug do if he was a rockstar…ha h
As far as business contests go, my brother works at a computer place and their contests are "who can sell the most [certain electronic manufacturer brand name here] [certain electronic device/application]s"
He won on for laptops when someone from a company whose name I can't remember so it's probably not very well known, came in telling him he needed 500 very high quality (around $1000) laptops for his employees, and 300 more for a different faction of employees.
His coworkers got real made when they saw the final results looking something like this:
3rd – Thomas – 26 count – $1,500
2nd – Jim – 33 count – $1,850
1st – David – 802 count – $801,000
Hey im still on my ipod and i just made a gravatar on it so ya it might not work well
I suppose that is is silly to comment on a year old comic, but I simply had to. I tend to read webcomics at work, and I have a public service job. I got to the punchline for this comic, actually pannel 3, just as someone came to my desk. So there I am, grinning like an idiot, trying not to LOL while I processed their transaction. I must have looked like the biggest tool. Love your work, thank you so much for entertaining us.
When I worked for PacBell in CA, the field supervisor wanted to do a contest whereby the fastest installer would be given a powered screwdriver as a prize. The union rep said if they wanted to improve performance numbers, shouldn’t they give *everyone* a powered screwdriver (or give it to the *slowest* installer)?
They cancelled the contest.
I actually did laugh out loud when I read this. I wanna do this now!