We had a bit of an event after work today where there were a couple of professionally dealt casino events in office. The people who won the games and accumulate points were able to use those points to bid on mystery boxes which all contained some pretty awesome prizes. I passed up on the card games and instead hung out in the boardroom playing Rock Band. Nonetheless, I was still able to accumulate points from other people that I knew who were leaving early. Thus, I kept claiming that I was playing a social game. You know those people on Survivor that might not be playing the actual challenges all that well but know how to work everyone back at camp? That was basically me, I guess. The tickets basically came to me.
Anyway, when all gathered for the auction at about 9 p.m. There were 12 white boxes all in a row, all a mystery. For the first few boxes I didn’t really have an intention of winning them, but I intentionally put in bids to drive up the price and force people to give up their points. That, and I enjoyed yelling numbers. By the fifth box, I was yelling number emphatically. I think people decided to just let me have one. Most boxes were going for 300 points or over, but I got mine for a bargain at 150. There was a rule that no one can get more than one box so I gave my points to a colleague who managed to get another box with his accumulated points. There were a couple of great things in among the prizes like a week at a time share anywhere in the world, or perhaps a Blu-ray player. For me and my colleague it was just our luck that we both got boxes that contained gift baskets. I suppose I can’t complain: it’s not bad for someone that didn’t play any of the card games.
Just give me Rock Band. Vocals, drums, guitars, bass…it’s all good.
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