Office Birthdays: A Beautiful Mess
Step 1: Cake.
It’s the law. You can’t have a birthday without cake. Chocolate, vanilla, red velvet… doesn’t matter. The rule is: the bigger the slice, the better the productivity. (Yes, science.)
Step 2: Make the birthday person feel special.
This means endless “happy birthday” wishes from people they’ve never even had a full conversation with. And everyone keeps bothering the birthday person with “Happy Birthday!” or “Hiep Hiep Hoera!” ... it never stops.
Step 3: Decorations.
Here’s where things get dangerous. We don’t just decorate… we attack the office with decorations. Shredded paper rains down like a ticker-tape parade. Streamers crisscross the room until HR might have to get involved. By the time we’re done, the place looks less like an office and more like a circus tent after a tornado.
Step 4: The Nightmare (for the clean freaks).
All that shredded paper. Yeah, it’s not leaving. You’ll still find little pieces in your keyboard in December. The office vacuum has filed a complaint. But hey, what’s a little chaos between colleagues?
The end result:
The birthday person feels like a superstar.
The office looks like a party supply store exploded.
And everyone gets cake, which is the only reason anyone came into the office that day anyway.
The best part? We have such a great bond with the team, and these celebrations remind us why: laughter, cake, chaos, and a little bit of confetti really do make work a happier place
At the heart of all this chaos is love for our staff. We go over-the-top because we genuinely care, birthdays are our way of saying, “You’re awesome, and we’re lucky to have you on our team.” Sure, we throw shredded paper everywhere and sing a little too loudly, but it’s all in the name of celebration. Every cake slice, every streamer, every “Hiep Hiep Hoera!” is our way of showing that we celebrate each other, and we celebrate our team spirit. After all, a team that laughs together (and gets showered in confetti together) stays together!
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