5 Signs Your Co-Workers Are Giving You a Bridal/Baby ShowerBy Joe DeProspero They teach you quite a bit in school. Algebra, world history, chemistry. But Ive always felt that there was a knowledge hole, a plethora of vital information nobody ever takes the time to teach you. One of these things, undoubtedly, is how to execute aBy Joe DeProspero They teach you quite a bit in school. Algebra, world history, chemistry. But Ive always felt that there was a knowledge hole, a plethora of vital information nobody ever takes the time to teach you. One of these things, undoubtedly, is how to execute a successful surprise party. There is no surprise party more frequently flubbed than the shower, be it for bride or baby. Frankly, Im a believer that, unless you have something especially unique planned, theres no shame in the soon-to-be mom or wife knowing about her shower ahead of time. But everyone (particularly in the office) insists on the element of surprise... even if they do everything within their power to ruin exactly that. In my experience, here are the most common ways co-workers ruin these alleged surprise showers.1. The sudden disappearance You dont know why, but your entire department is MIA. Five minutes ago, it was bustling with all the pep and chaos of a trading room floor. Now tumbleweeds are blowing through it. Not suspicious at all.2. The roomy conference room You just received an Outlook planner from your boss, whod like to meet with you that afternoon to discuss the plan for coverage during your time off. The meeting is for only the two of you, and the conference room youre supposed to be going to seats 35 people. Nope, not suspicious at all.3. The manila folder A suspiciously unmarked folder (with a card inside) is passed around the department from person to person, with a list of names, some crossed out, some not. This folder is treated with the care of highly confidential government documents. If you happen to spot someone holding it, theyll break into a sweat and run the other way. Everythings normal here.4. The check-in The day of your shower, about 15 minutes before its supposed to start, someone will randomly pop into your cube. No reason, though. They just wanted to say whats up? Theres no reason to be suspicious, especially when you hear them whispering to your cube neighbor 30 seconds later.5. The escort service This sometimes goes hand-in-hand with bullet #4. But your shower is the only meeting in your life that you apparently need a personal handler to assist with transportation from your seat to the room thats down the hall. And its the same person who booked you in a one-on-one meeting in the huge conference room, who you saw sneaking around with a manila folder that checked in on you 15 minutes ago. Instead of failing so badly at trying to surprise the guest of honor (who knows shes getting a shower anyway), focus more on finding out what she might actually need. That way, the gift will be practical, it wont get returned, and you can bypass all the Mission: Impossible hoopla surrounding what is supposed to be a joyous time. Besides, whether shes a soon-to-be bride or a soon-to-be mom, there are going to be more than enough surprises around the corner to get her blood pressure spiking. When my co-workers held a surprise shower for me before I got married, they told me we were meeting for a department-wide Halloween party (I got married in early November). So, I showed up wearing a Michael Meyers mask and a blue jump-suit (it was my house work outfit so it was soaked in paint and gasoline). Needless to say, I wish I had followed the aforementioned five signs.Feel free to email me ideas for future articles, the intricate details of your dream last night, etc. to jdeprospero@gmail or follow me on Twitter @JoeDeProspero. ift.tt/1gB4pon
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:52:36 +0000
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