It occurred to me the other day that stuffiness has crept into my life in various ways, but especially in how I portray my company, Directing Design, Inc. For anyone that knows me well, they can attest to the fact that I am a pretty goofy person. I enjoy what I do for a living, and I like to make people laugh, both in my personal life and in the work place.
So in honor of this self-revelation, I’m going to coin a new word:
Destuffify: To remove stuffiness or to add fun to a situation/environment.
I’m going to also issue a challenge to myself, and to you. I challenge you to take a look at your work environment and destuffify it in any way you can. I will give the person that makes me smile the most a $100 Visa gift card to spend on something fun and destuffified
Here are some ways we destuffify our work environment at Directing Design Inc, and that you can try as well:
1. Make up useless words like destuffify and try to figure out how they should be spelled.
2. Do some silly dances. Explode from your seat and burst into a silly dance! Or just have a dance party in your seat while staring maniacally at a co-worker (Disclaimer: We are not responsible for any write-ups, reprimands, or complaints that may result).
3. Try some animal poses (which by the way can be incorporated into your dances). The Mantis is one of my favorites; sometimes I get carried away and pounce on people that come into the office (only our first-time guests though, we like to make lasting first impressions).
4. Make random obnoxious noises. And then describe what it was. For example: “No worries. That ridiculous noise you heard was just a hamster drowning in my desk drawer. There’s absolutely nothing to worry about at all.”
5. Leave smelly unidentifiable objects in the bathroom (this works particularly well in cases like ours, where we are in a building with mostly women tenants).
6. Take frequent coffee and cookie breaks. If you’re in the Oklahoma City area, Prairie Thunder Bakery has some delicious oatmeal cranberry cookies. If you’re not…too bad for you!
7. If it's Friday and you DON'T have to pick up your child(ren), make it a habit to have a happy hour beer. Just don’t drive drunk, and that’s NOT a joke.
8. If your work is done and your boss is happy (this is optional) sneak off for a round of Nazi Zombies. We absolutely believe in survival of the fittest.
9. Share embarrassing stories, preferably ones that will make you blush and regret you told them the next day. These are always enjoyable.
10. Decorate your office while dressed as a large fruit or flight attendant. Try channeling your favorite Fruit of the Loom character. We’ll have our own video coming soon.
You get the idea, now it's your turn to destuffify.
Post comments and fill out the form to let me know how you made everyone’s work day more fun. Remember, I’m giving away a $100 visa gift card, so give it your all! I’d love to see pictures and videos!
And don't forget to share via all of your favorite social networking sites including Facebook and Twitter! And word-of-mouth still works too, ya know?
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