Blue Monday…

Okay, I think I’m finally thawing out. It’s like winter again outside. No snow (thank heavens), but pretty frigging chilly, me dears! The weekend was miserable weather but nice for staying warm & cozy inside.

We had a bit of news on the weekend. My brother-in-law Jason’s brother, Robby got engaged. He’s only met the girl about 2 months ago! It’s kind of fast, but they seem crazy about each other.  She’s from Trinidad and her husband died of cancer two years ago leaving her to raise two kids. I had a little crush on Robby for a while so it’s kind of weird for me. I do wish him every happiness although we all are concerned that he’s rushing into things. He’s never had a serious relationship before and we’re not sure he’s really in love ,or just in love with the thought of being in love. If you know what I mean.  Well time will tell. I was joking with Brenda that now her mother-in-law, Anita will now have another daughter-in-law to hang around with.  ; )

You may remember I was telling you about some of the extra duties they’ve piled on our plates at work in the past year. Well a couple of months ago we were told that we had to do a presentation on a portion of our bank’s code of conduct. Each employee has to sign off on the code of conduct every year as part of our terms of employment. Usually we just read the thing and sign a copy for our files. But our new supervisor decided that we all had to do a presentation or skit to perform for the rest of the department in our team meeting.  As you probably know I’m pretty shy. It’s a real hardship sometimes for me to get up in front of anyone — even family members. So, I was really upset and angry that this was being forced on us. My boss kept saying it would be fun and I would say that it’s not fun for everyone. For some people it can be a truly difficult and uncomfortable thing. And I was not the only staff member to feel that way.   Anyway, there was no getting out of it and I had no idea of what I was going to do. The night before the presentation I was still wracking my brain on what I was going to do. I was absolutely against a skit of any kind and didn’t want to just read the section to the group. Then suddenly it hit me …a song. Something bouncy, relatively simple and easy to remember, yet fun that would get the point across and help them remember the important points.  This is what I came up with …

Code of Conduct – Objectivity

(To the tune of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”)

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You come in to the office bright

Your boss says you gotta live your life right

Oh team-mate dear you’ve been a fortunate one

And large gifts are not any fun

Oh those big gifts just aren’t any fun

The phone rings in the middle of the day

The bank says don’t accept a big bribe

No cash, bonds or securities

And large gifts are not any fun

Oh those big gifts just aren’t any fun

That’s what the bank wants

No impropriety

When the working day is done

And large gifts are not any fun

No those big gifts just aren’t any fun

All decisions made by you

Must be unaffected by thoughts of personal gain

For you, your family, or friends

And large gifts are not any fun

No those big gifts just aren’t any fun

That’s all they really want

No

Other obligations

When the working day is done

Large gifts — are not any fun

They’re not any fun

They’re not any fun… 

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It went over great. They all sang along and laughed. Our manager had joined the meeting (talk about even more pressure) and she was raving about the song to all the other managers on the floor. Several even asked me to give them copies of the song to share with their teams. I was rather gobsmacked about the whole reaction. But I have to say I was pleased that it went over so well. 😀

Well that all for now. Hope you all have a great week .

Hugs!