Flying Objects

Is it a bird, is it a plane, no it's...

something being tossed off the roof of the local Aldi grocery store. According to man about town and city editor Jeff Kiger's twitter account, a man was tossing "something" off the roof yesterday. The report didn't say what it was. Eggs? Ice cream bars? Packages of sweet, creamy Oreo cookies?

Flying Stale Green Jelly Beans

A few years ago I conducted a workshop for a large medical organization in the Twin Cities. The audience members were serious, professional pharmacists intently listening to me talk
about employee motivation. At one point I explained Jelly Bean motivation which is when everyone is rewarded the same way regardless of what they accomplish. The person who answered one of my questions correctly received a small bag of stale lime green jelly beans. (I didn't realize they were stale until someone opened a bag and spit one out at their colleague)

Duck!

The session was held in a long narrow room so I gently tossed the sealed bag of candy towards the back of the room. THWACK! It hit a grouchy looking woman smack upside the head.
I apologized and asked if she was okay and she snarled "yes" at me so I continued. A bit later I noticed she was rubbing her head as if I had thrown a brick at her so I asked if anyone in the room knew how to treat a concussion caused by flying stale green jelly beans. One person moved his mouth slightly so I am assumed that was laughter.

Big Baby

Thirty minutes later this woman was still rubbing her head and glaring at me. I said "Thelma Lou, if you report the incident to Human Resources and need a witness you have several in this room" or some other flip remark. (I had gone to the back of the room and there was no blood, bump or tiny lime green object lodged in her skull)

Aftermath

When I checked my email that evening I had a note from the coordinator of the workshop entitled "Jelly Bean Incident". I was alarmed until I read the rest of the note.
The manager said she received 5 calls on her way home to inquire if she told me to hit Thelma Lou since "she was recently demoted because of her rotten attitude and nobody liked her" Ha!

Today's Food for Thought....

If you're happy tell your face. If you work with the public and aren't happy-- fake it. If you need a smile today stop and see Danny at Caribou Coffee on 3rd Avenue downtown, Eve at Vintage Light Coffee and Tea across from Shopko North, Brooke, Linda or John at the front desk of the Y or flip a bag of stale lime green jelly beans off the roof of a local grocery store just for fun.