Going' on a cruise!

[bjarvis]

The Caribbean? The Mediterranean? The coast of Alaska? Nope.

The Potomac.

Odyssey dinner cruise

My engineering division is going on a midday cruise on the Potomac River September 20. We found out this morning. That's not enough warning to reschedule a lot of meetings, training sessions, etc., so the best we can hope for is a significant portion of our team attending... Why do managers do dumb things like that?

I suppose I should be grateful for the reward but frankly, I'd prefer a day off instead. Or a week of jeans days.

Nothing quite like being trapped on a boat of straight people attempting to dance. If you hear on the evening news about some geek escaping a cruise in a lifeboat, you'll know why.

Comments

[bearfaced.livejournal.com]

"Nothing quite like being trapped on a boat of straight people attempting to dance." That conjures up an amusing image :)

[reslbear.livejournal.com]

Engineers trying to dance, no less!

What discipline of engineering? Civil? Mechanical? Chemical? The image becomes funnier as I go down the list in my head. I work with civil/municipal/structural engineers. Their softabll games are pretty hilarious to watch.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Nothing so advanced... they're all geeks: UNIX, database and networking folks. This could get really ugly...

[jwg.livejournal.com]

How about teaching a square dance?

I just read an article in the CDSS newsletter about Amy Cann (a fiddler and contra dance caller) teaching inmates in a low intensity vermont prison to Contra Dance and they had lots of fun.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

How about teaching a square dance?

Not gonna happen.

I keep an extremely high, broad and well-defended wall between my office/work-related activities and my home/social-related activities. My life is complicated enough without mixing the two even slightly.

[cuyahogarvr.livejournal.com]

It could be worse... It could be an evening dinner cruise without YOUR specific spouse. Been there, done that, not a good time.