Halloween at the office

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

We do dress up day here. There's even a "parade" of costumes. Best costumes, imo, were some of the guys in manufacturing. Maybe it's racist, but they came in black face, with dreds made out of tubing they had in the shop. They made "bobsleds" out of old wooden crates and trash cans. It was all Cool Runnings. I was impressed.

Myself, I came as Arthur Dent. I even acquired a digital watch just for this purpose, and carried about a towel and a mug (looking for tea) all day. There was all of one person in the building who had a clue about it. They thought with the bathrobe and slippers I was just headed for the shower. The only other signal I could think of would be to make a fish out of rubber or soemthing and wear it on/in my ear. Am I that lame? Or is it the rest of the world.

[House of Mustard]

It's the rest of the world.

I do have a complaint about office dress-up days though.  I stopped by the bank and the people behind the counter were a guy dressed up like a pirate, and a girl dressed like a cat.  At the desks were a hockey player, a ski bum, and a girl in a hula skirt.  While the cat outfit was quite attractive, nothing about the place seemed very bank-ish.  It seemed more like a bunch of college kids playing bank, instead of a respectable institution.  It made me a little uneasy.

Then again, like I've said before, I don't like Halloween.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

yeah, there are some places, like a bank, where it's clearly inappropriate. In our company though, we rarely, if ever, see anyone outside the company for business reasons. It's mostly long distance stuff. Since I'm on the phone, no one knows that I'm in a bathrobe.

Were I behind the desk and you wanted to talk to me about a loan in person, though, that's just clearly unprofessional.

[House of Mustard]

Man, if you never see customers, you ought to be in your bathrobe every day.

[Entsuropi]

My RPG group is playing a game of Call of Cthulhu on saturday, starting around 8pm (after application of spirits, of course) and most likely running into the wee hours.

[42]

I think I agree with HoM in that I don't particularly like it when I show up to an office and everyone I'm interacting with is dressed-up. I think it was two years ago when I got sent to the hospital emergency room and the guy who came in to take a blood sample was dressed up as a vampire. Then there were all the staff members who's costumes made them look in more need than the patients. Funny, but tacky.

Though I did see a cool costume last year. In a clinic I the receptionist had died her hair red and was wearing a "I love Spiderman" button. Subtle, yet clever.

[fuzzyoctopus]

My boss wanted management to show unity by all dressing up as Greek gods.  It turned out ok. I braided my and spray-colored it green to be Medusa.  Now I don't know if I can get all the green out.  But it was fun.  My boss was Hades.  

[Onion of Death]

Gorgon and I had a school day like this. Memorable costumes were Gorgon as God, with a Burger King crown and a toga, as well as three jocks who dressed up as three members of Kiss. My AP European History teacher was decked out in full Scottish noble dress, since we were learning about James I of England.

[Archon]

In addition, we had several popes, a Cardinal Richelieu, and a very well done Gandalf.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

One of the girls in our office dressed up as the founder and CEO of the company. It was incredibly freaky. He's in Japan at the moment, so maybe she was safer? The hairstyle, the little under-lip beardlet thingy, the clothes, the specific style of glasses, even the hint of chest hair. Crazy. We had some great costumes, but that one took top prize in the contest.

[Mistress of Darkness]

My favorite costume ever was on a little toddler (probably about 2 years old). He had a little green cape and one of those platic gold rings on a string around his neck.

Soooo cute!!

[Oldie Black Witch]

Is it just me, or is there something very disturbing about dressing up a two-year old as a very beleagured hobbit carrying an extremely evil and cursed object?

[fuzzyoctopus]

It's just you.