You Deserve… Office Trivia? March Madness?
Yes, this is a priority one order of business here people.
I don’t know when, and I don’t know where, but we have to have an office trivia night. Preferably a place with themes. I’m talking Harry Potter, pop culture, history, whatever. We need team names. We can shortlist some ideas on jerseys. It’s gotta happen. St. Patty’s day is coming up — we can do it then.
That was Monday morning at 9:30 a.m. I still don’t know what sparked it. Slack notifications were already piling up, and by 10 a.m. we had a handful of locations + availability ALL before I had even opened my emails.
Ohhh how sweet success feels.
And that’s how I felt about my top 10 Spotify list.
I mean millennials make up the majority of my company, so I felt it was safe to assume a blend of classics and contemporary music would seal the deal for me. It was tough. I had to hit multiple genres and even provide a rationale to prove why each song deserved the peoples’ votes.
It’s funny. Other than my Spotify playlist, the last time I had to come up with a rationale for something was my last semester in college during my capstone.
Give the people what they want I told myself.
- Southern Nights by Glenn Cambell
- Strawberry Wine by Deana Carter
- Lean on Me by Bill Withers
- 1985 by Bowling for Soup
- Mr. Brightside by The Killers
- Indian Summer by Jai Wolf
- I Go Back (Live) by Kenny Chesney
- Springsteen (Live) by Eric Church
- This Afternoon by Nickleback
- Middle Child by J. Cole
But no. I fell miserably short. Like I didn’t even make it past the first round of voting.
Am I going to remember that feeling forever? Possibly. But I still don’t think it will ever top the semester where I accidentally convinced my professor to play Mississippi Queen every time our class started to fade off in lecture. Fun times.
But really though — trivia and playlists aside, March Madness is almost here.
That means obnoxious bets. Watch parties. Scheming about who to pick for your bracket. And watching more live updates than actual work (I’m totally kidding my month is booked with client meetings). Really, It’s a busted but more importantly beautiful time to get the office together for the sake of comradery.
So do I have any real life-lesson in this article?
No… not really.
But you should definitely do your own office trivia night. Like this is a priority one order of business, my friend. Hey, you could even do it while watching March Madness.
If you’ve gotten this far, this is my thanks for taking the time to read this. Best of luck adulting! — d.k.
