“One of the strategies, to know when to quit may be the best.” Chinese Proverb
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” Dalai Lama
I work in a small hospital that has been hard by the current depression. We have lost jobs, all hours have been cut, all raises frozen, it has been rough. But in spite of this we can still manage to do something that helps others. Friday we finished out the “Penny Wars or Kiss the Pig” contest. This is an Indiana farm community give me a break. ;-) The various departments were pitted against each other to try and come up with the most points and most money while trying to sabotage the other departments and force their manager into ending up having to kiss the pig for the local newspaper coverage.
The way this insanity worked was that pennies were positive points. All other silver and paper money was negative. You got a point for each penny and lost a point for each amount of silver or paper. A dime lost you ten points for an example. And let me tell you they were really gunning for us in the Business Office. Not only were we scrambling to try and get our pennies but also we had to try and overcome other department dropping coin in our “pig” container. Sheesh. Our department is the dumping ground any way for hostility because we are the ones who have to try and get the departments to submit their charges correctly, timely, and to the correct insurance company. We yell the loudest because we are the only ones who can get money into the hospital’s coffers. We knew it was going to be tough.
Cue the chorus of Queen’s “We Are The Champions!”
At the end of the week the Cancer Center fundraiser brought in $752.36 and that will be matched by the foundation. The Business Office, well we were not going to lose. We came in first with 3,713 positive points and our next closest competitor for positive points, 601 for Medical Records. Our dollar total was $209.63 and the next closest Housekeeping with $93.58. That is a lot of money for a community that is really hurting.
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” Dalai Lama
I work in a small hospital that has been hard by the current depression. We have lost jobs, all hours have been cut, all raises frozen, it has been rough. But in spite of this we can still manage to do something that helps others. Friday we finished out the “Penny Wars or Kiss the Pig” contest. This is an Indiana farm community give me a break. ;-) The various departments were pitted against each other to try and come up with the most points and most money while trying to sabotage the other departments and force their manager into ending up having to kiss the pig for the local newspaper coverage.
The way this insanity worked was that pennies were positive points. All other silver and paper money was negative. You got a point for each penny and lost a point for each amount of silver or paper. A dime lost you ten points for an example. And let me tell you they were really gunning for us in the Business Office. Not only were we scrambling to try and get our pennies but also we had to try and overcome other department dropping coin in our “pig” container. Sheesh. Our department is the dumping ground any way for hostility because we are the ones who have to try and get the departments to submit their charges correctly, timely, and to the correct insurance company. We yell the loudest because we are the only ones who can get money into the hospital’s coffers. We knew it was going to be tough.
Cue the chorus of Queen’s “We Are The Champions!”
At the end of the week the Cancer Center fundraiser brought in $752.36 and that will be matched by the foundation. The Business Office, well we were not going to lose. We came in first with 3,713 positive points and our next closest competitor for positive points, 601 for Medical Records. Our dollar total was $209.63 and the next closest Housekeeping with $93.58. That is a lot of money for a community that is really hurting.
And now the whining begins. I had barely gotten home with the results on Friday afternoon only to hear my brother, whose department sucked, whine that the Business Office cheated. Oh yes we stole the election for Hospital champions. We were smart enough to realize that all we really had to do was go down to the local bank and buy rolls of pennies that made sure that we were never behind. We had someone who took charge of monitoring our piggy bank to make sure we didn’t lose. We are the champions because we were determined as a Department that the rest of the hospital may look down on us but we had the will to win. Yes we can. Yes we did. We are the champions, my friend. Whoo-Hoo!!!!!!!!!! And the beginning quotes well let’s say they are dedicated to the rest of the hospital.
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