My Facility Manger came to me
asking if we could purchase more chairs for special events. He was having to
drag chairs from all around the church for big events and that is a lot of
work. After considering his request, I noticed that we had chairs all over plus
we had a wide variety of styles in place. I decided that if we were going to
start buying more chairs, we needed to be more consistent.Why not choose a chair that would be our classroom and special event chair and as we buy new ones, rotate off the old chairs? Of course, everyone had an opinion on which chair they wanted. So, I fixed that!
We had our first chair competition with voting and
everything. Why not have a little fun with this I thought. I purchased 3 different
style chairs, added one style that we were already using, and threw in a kid
chair just for fun. I set up the chairs in the office hall and labeled them for
voting 1-5. I sent out a notice and instructions and away we went. It's not
every day that you ASK your employees to sit around!
The reaction was fun and most everyone participated. It was
the talk of the office that week for sure. The end results were posted and emailed
out and thus our selection was made. This is just another way to have some fun
in the office and get some work done at the same time. What are you doing in the office for fun?
Comments! Suggestions!
