Gambling Problem?

So, I would like to stress that I love my job. If this job was a cake, I would love it like a fat kid. It satisfies everything in me that doesn't have to do with romance. Seriously.

Want to pay on your bills on time? Score! Because...

1. You're getting paid
2. You have uninterrupted internet access to pay online
3. Or if paying by mail, someone will deliver your mail to the PO for you.

Want to spend hours with your people you like?

1. Get hired where people your own age and affluency also work.
2. Spend lunch and break with said people.
3. Occasionally schedule an office-wide Beer:30 at local sports bar.
4. Join company sponsered co-ed softball team. Follow up each game with sports bar action.

Want to satisfy your gambling addiction/overly-competitive spirit?

1. Find other coworkers who also have an overly-competitive spirit
2. Set up pools, i.e. seasonal sports; birth times, weights and dates
3. Create a Biggest Loser type competition and go so far as to sabotage the other competitors.
4. Make a betting book, and set up bets for random life happenings.
5. Try and skew workplace competitions so that we somehow win.

I know it isn't very ethical, but it sure is productive. An example?

When on our company retreat to Palm Springs, all of the employees were given drink tickets. Like 2. And there was an icebreaker competition that in order to win, you had to get the most stickers from other employees. Now, there were about 600 people at this retreat. The odds of winning? 1 in 200. Not very good odds. So we "sold" our stickers for drink tickets. Talk about mutually beneficial! 2 of the 3 winners were "clients" of ours.

It is fantastic to be in a workplace that fosters, no - enourages this little joy.

I love this job.