Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Where have all the rockets gone?


Let me tell you about our rockets here at MindComet. We give them out to our team members as a token of appreciation upon the successful launch of a piece for a client. There are some people who have a veritable NASA fleet on their desks complete with space shuttles, Apollo rockets and the like. Not me. I have one rocket....one lonely little rocket. So here it is. I love him very much. He means a lot to me. I walk him every night, and gas him up after long flights around the office...

Ok...I'm lying. He just sits there and collects dust...I admit it. However, maybe he wouldn't sit around so much if he had someone else to play with. Perhaps even a little rocket girlfriend with cute jets and a new paint job! Yes...that would make my little rocket happy! It's to bad that he seems doomed to a life of solitary confinement. "Why?" you may ask. "Haven't you launched more than one piece for a client?" These would be reasonable questions since rockets are given out for such tasks. Oh, you'd like to think I only had one launch wouldn't you? It would make you feel more productive if I had only produced one piece wouldn't it?! Well that is not the case thank you very much. I have launched many pieces for my clients over the last year. Yes folks, the true reason I don't have more rockets is much more sinister: MindComet doesn't give them out anymore! It's true! To hope to receive a rocket in these times is but a mere pipe dream. They have faded away as the muscles of our corporate culture have grown larger and larger. The art of doling out plastic trinkets as a pat on the back is mere legend now, blending in with other myths and unbelievables such as the lock ness monster, Bigfoot and a comeback for Michael Jackson's career.

I miss them. (The rockets...not Bigfoot or Michael Jackson.) Bring them back please. That way, my single cold-war era rocket will have someone to play with other than the dust bunnies on my shelf...

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Blogger emily culpepper said...

Ahh..the good ole days. I recall MindComet's era of plastic bugs. These superfluous objects were the pride and joy of all MindCometeers. Of course we understand, those are MindComet's days of yesteryear, where a solid 5-figure sale would make heart's jump, and would warrant office-wide jubilation. My two cents, (NOT that anyone is asking), is to not forget the cool, quirky things that makes MC what it is. Five-figures are still AWESOME, and a great launch is still a great launch!

Here's to you, Rocket Boy. May your rocket find a pretty pink mate someday.

8:29 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I only have one rocket as well = (
BOOO!

12:23 AM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why are you assuming that the rocket wants a girlfriend? Maybe he plays for the other team.

9:22 AM

 
Anonymous Mark said...

Well, these days, a rocket icon carries less weight as symbol of success, what with all the falling pieces of foam and failed missions and dead people. (Did I go there? I did? Oh, ok.) So maybe it wasn't by chance your rocket trophies disappeared. And, in this day and age, success has taken on a different face.

Here are my top five choices for a rocket trophy replacement:

1. Pamela Anderson's new book- genius
2. a set of Hillary Duff horse teeth and one of her (new phones
3. a Tara Reid bobble-head vodka dispenser (though she is not a symbol of success, and quite the opposite, I just want to see someone make a Tara Reid bobble-head vodka dispenser)
4. a rubber "thumbs up" staute based on Tuesday meetings' popular hand gesture.
5. my sweaty shirt from Tuesday's move that's still in my trunk next to my unused (for three months) yoga mat.

9:25 AM

 

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