S.W.A.G.

S.W.A.G. = Stuff We All Get

but we're not at a conference. no, we get this free stuff from the kitchen. and the rule is, if it doesn't have your name on it, it's up for grabs.

for example: today, i scored half a bag of potato chips from panera bread because someone started eating them and decided they were full.

on friday, i made a list of all the free stuff available in the kitchen:

• potato chips (not the ones i had today)
• pleather datebook/planner with an unnecessarily bright blue ribbon to mark the day
• various coupons for random things
• 2010 Women's Health Planner (thanks, Aetna)
• Jewish apple coffee cake (perhaps in celebration of the first day of Rosh Hashanah, which was Saturday?)

not to mention the order forms for random fundraisers that everybody's children are doing at school. and the various magazines that have piled up over the past 3 years...

and all the various dishes and baskets of candies at strategically located places in the office, which force me to take an equally strategic route to and from the restroom.

tomorrow is the first day of Autumn. therefore, customer service is having a party. everybody brings in snacks, desserts, drinks, etc. and we pig out. this is why customer service is the best department in the whole company -- we have parties for any reason we can think of. the rest of the company is jealous. they know it. but we're awesome -- we share.

i'm bringing apple bread from the apples i picked off trees yesterday at an orchard. :)

somewhat office-like situation of the day (but not quite): apparently, one of the cleaning guys tonight looks a little like the guy from "office space," which i don't remember, but my co-worker insists that this is accurate.

currently listening to: hanson.  *don't hate