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9 Decmber 2004 - 5:20 pm
At work they're half-heartedly going through this effort of trying to get everyone to know everyone else. Part of this effort is an "Employee Spotlight" where each month a different employee will be honored with a section of the bulletin board devoted to them. As part of this effort they emailed out a list of questions they want all the employees to answer for future inclusion in the "Employee Spotlight." Below you'll find my first attempt at answering those questions. (I translated it into HTML for you. Here's the original Word file.) I'll probably clean things up a bit before I turn it in but I thought you might be interested in what I had to say.
QUESTIONS FOR EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT
- What was the first job you ever had?
Aside from cutting the lawn for my dad, my first job was as a bus boy at a barbeque restaurant.
- If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you like to go?
London
- Of all the places you have visited what was your favorite and why?
Highway One from San Francisco down to San Simeon (about halfway to Los Angeles) has to be one of the most impressive drives in the country. You zoom along a little two-lane road with huge mountains on one side and the ocean on the other. The photo below gives a hint of what it’s like, but it really has to be seen in person.
- Name an actor/actress that you are most like and why?
My eighth-grade Algebra teacher thought I looked like Doogie Howser, MD. I thought he looked like the dad from ALF.
Clearly, I win.
Doogie Dad from ALF
- What is your favorite movie of all time?
Black Hawk Down is an amazing film.
- Name something that you think no one knows about you?
Things “that you think no one knows about you.” You mean secrets? I think I’ll keep my secrets to myself for the time being.
- Where you in sports in school and if so what sport?
Does marching band count? No, I didn’t think so.
- What is your favorite Holiday?
Christmas.
- If you could meet anyone in the world who would it be?
The thing is, I’m not sure I’d get that much utility out of meeting someone famous. Mostly I suspect we’d sit around without much to say to each other. Nevertheless, if pressed I’ll go with Warren Buffett. He seems down-to-earth and maybe he’ll tell me how to become rich.
- If you had to choose where the group would go for a department outing, what would be your choice?
The City Museum. Although it looks like a lawsuit waiting to happen, it’s just an unbelievable place and always expanding with new, ridiculously cool things.
Posted by on 9 December 2004 at 5:20 PM
Comments
Has this effort paid off? Do you hear people approaching those who have "shared" and asking them about the things the posted?
City Museum is indeed amazing. Parents out there: never underestimate the power a prospective trip to City Museum has on improving the behavior of a 6-year-old.
Posted by rkc on 12 December 2004 - 8:01 AM
The City Museum is one of the major things that I miss since I moved to Cape Girardeau. I have taken to pointing out the "Enchanted Cave" to real cavers and I've taken to calling is "The Non-cavers Cave" meaning that you don't need the helmet and lights and get almost the same experience (ok, ok, maybe not the cold and damp part although it definitely smells like a cave).
Posted by AtheneBelle on 13 December 2004 - 12:12 PM
No, for the most part I don't think anyone pays a great deal of attention to the bulletin board.
As for the City Museum: it's one of the coolest places I've ever been. Have you heard that they're adding waterslides and hot tubs to the roof?
Posted by david on 16 December 2004 - 1:22 PM