We finally finished our United Way Campaign at work today. I feel that I have been on this committee forever. I wouldn't mind it so much if it weren't so democratic. Do we really need a meeting to discuss everything? The order in which we raffle off prizes. The limit of tickets a person is allowed to buy. Who's going to ask the United Way contact person for stickers. What we really need is a United Way 2006 Campaign Committee Dictator, or perhaps an Enlightened Despot. Someone to rule with an iron fist. There were four of us on the committee. Our office only has 32 people in it. More than ten percent of the office was on this committee! That's hardly an indirect democracy.
It was also quite evident that I was the only non-democrat on the committee as we argued over raffle ticket distribution. The other three thought that there should be a limit to how many tickets one person could receive. They thought that after someone gives $500, that person should be ineligible to have any more chances in the raffle. "That's fair," they said. No it's not. And really, if someone gives $1000 to the United Way give them a $10 gift certificate to Qdoba. I don't care if they make more money than the rest of us. They donated a large chunk of money to a good cause. We should applaud that and make it known.
I was done with work at 4:30. I didn't do much today. I was caught up in the United Way beauracracy. But I stayed until 6 anyway. I had important things to do like make my football picks and steal left over pizza from lunch. I tried to convince someone to go to see Harry Potter IV with me tonight, but nobody would. Of course, I understand that most people are working tomorrow, but I expected there to be one closet Potter fan amongst the people I've met in Milwaukee.
I suppose I should leave for the theater soon. I'll bring a book to read while I wait in line.
Tomorrow I go to meet Tom in Chicago. I'm excited to see him. We're going to a Brewery tour. Jake, Katie, and Christie are definitely coming with us. The other people flaked out on me. But then John from church said that he'd like to meet us too. But I think he has to do the 6 o'clock news. That's so weird.
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4 comments:
no post about the exciting edge-of-your-seat dan goldin day weekend?
My computer at home is declining rapidly and no amount of defragmentation is helping. I'm now at work so that I can use the computer. Perhaps I'm going to have to break my cardinal rule and begin posting here.
you don't update but you change your font to courier! argh! what is going on in the life of donny?
What's going on in my life -
my CD player is broken, my hard drive is kaput (so I'm not posting), my kitchen sink is clogged (for days), and I lost my Brewers hat.
But I've made some new friends and Dan Goldin Day was a blast. I'm busy and I'll post when I have a chance.
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