Friday, November 21, 2008

Bizarro Work Perks

So a good friend of mine who shall remain nameless received a 20 lb turkey (!?!?!)  from her company as a Thanksgiving bonus.   Although this is great if one is hosting a Thanksgiving party, I imagine it to be a bit awkward if one already is going by someone else for Thanksgiving - there's suddenly an odd obligation to cook this large bird....  Also, what about vegetarians?

However, I know this is not uncommon.  I get an unlimited supply of free/$1 brand new hardcover books (which I find to be the BEST PERK IN THE WORLD).   That, and I get to sometimes ride the elevator with Richard Roeper.  Oh, not to mention the Jerry Seinfeld Bee Movie meet and greet - that was, as Mastercard would say, priceless.  

Anyone else have any interesting/bizarre work perks?

3 comments:

emily said...

If you're a vegetarian and/or don't want your turkey you have two options---

1) you can tell them to donate it and they'll donate it to a charity program called Off The Street Club. It's a club where low income families send their child to after school in hopes to keep them off the street.

2) If you don't want your turkey and are too selfish to donate it, they just won't bring you one.

That's Not My Name said...

well, I get to order almost any book I want, be the first to read it when it arrives, and I get to check out AS MANY BOOKS AS I WANT with no late fees/due dates...ever! And then, when I'm done with those books, I can just return them. This is especially nice if the book turns out to be crappy.

Courtney said...

I get snotted on my small children. I also get a varying array of communicable diseases. The perks just keep on flowing.


Ooooh! I get to check out books without having to pay fines too... Go Librarians!

I also got to read the first page of the Harry Potter books before they were published (they were locked in an office).

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