My team at work has been keen on the idea of attempting to dress up en masse for Halloween. There’s a prize for the group that highest percentage of people dressed up. The prize: a free team lunch. As such, brainstorming over a common costuming theme has been the topic of discussion at the end of our daily scrums. The ideas evolved over time. I think the first idea was to dress up like different characters in the Village People. It seemed simple enough, but it took a while for them to realize how gay that would have been. And no, I don’t mean “gay” in the derogatory sense, but totally in the homosexual sense. I think the idea shifted to a James Bond theme. Over the past few days there was a rethink and they settled on a “douchebags” theme. Yup. No shit.
To be honest, it sounds like it would be something interesting to watch. God knows though that I don’t want anything to do with actual participation. I am not of the Halloween spirit; I don’t think I ever really got into it. I did go trick-or-treating once when I was younger, but once was enough: frankly, I found it over-rated. Dressing up in my work environment? That just doesn’t work in my mind. I think I have too mch dignity for that.
Umm…this coming from someone who sang Bohemian-bloody-Rhapsody via karaoke in front of everyone. Aaaanyway.
I think more than anything I just come off as being a killjoy. During today’s scrum my PM said with disdain “you know [Jay] isn’t going to dress up at all tomorrow.” I wasn’t amused, but yeah, I just nodded in agreement. Hey, if somehow the group wins the team lunch and I’m not welcome, so be it. I’m not going to get worked up over a free lunch. Actually…I probably would get worked up. I’d probably become even more grumpy than usual and start spitting at everything in disgust.
As a side note, holy crap I’ve been in one hell of a funk as of late. At the end of the day, I end up leaving work feeling like I’m horribly overworked and no one seems to give two shits about it. I’ve not been happy. It’ll pass. Tomorrow, I’m going to try a different approach to work. I’m going to take frequent breaks and be away from my desk for long periods. Hell, there are others on this one task–I’m sure the other people can handle a bit more. 
I just want to get tomorrow over with. Boo!
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