Project Team Mascots

Last night my the Global VP of HR took our project team out to dinner at the local Chinese Restaurant - Mandalay. It's got good food, but is very overpriced. Luckily, I was not paying. It also happens to be the only decent restaurant around. There's an Italian joint around the corner, but I've been warned more than once not to go there.

Anyway, back to the Mandalay. We had the usual table discussion: War, Politics, Tiger Woods, Family, Pets, etc. However, near the end of the meal, the VP made the suggestion that we should liven up the conference room that we are using at the hotel. Then she went on to suggest that we should do something funny to it. Of course I was ready to oblige with a few jibes at the Project Management Office's deadline bullying. But it seemed like an odd suggestion to get from a Global VP.

Anyhow, a course of action was sorted and one of my project team members now has the task of creating a mascot for the HR subteam. His puppy (a Jack Russell Terrier) and another team member's dog (a Miniature Jack Russell Terrier) will be pictured and posted on our door with the saying "My dog ate my documentation."

Not exactly clever, but the VP liked it, so it's happening.