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Beggars Banquet at MS

[Updated to pay proper homage to Heather, who first introduced this idea]

We've all heard the tales of interns and newbies roaming the campus in search of sustenance, but where are the "hot spots" of free food? I just polled the BlueBadgeMojo DL for their thoughts, and got a nice kickoff to the topic from Ann [although the idea originally came from Heather], who claims she "knew someone" who made a practice of scavenging on campus for food. Sure Ann, sure. Don't be embarrassed - we all go through tough times. Do you need to borrow some cash?

Why am I thinking about this today? Maybe sitting here listening to Tom Waits made me think of my own lean college years. Or, more likely, Tom Waits himself made me think of dumpster diving. Who knows. [One thing is clear -- Heather suggested this topic at one of our MSCT2k6 events, so all props must go to her]

Here's Ann's list of hot spots:

• B11 outside the 2088 training room when there are customer IT fellowships
• Conference center/33 for free food for QBR’s, all hands and training
• Monitor the new grad and intern DL’s for social events – game Wednesdays, once a month dances, etc.
• Monthly Friday socials on the 4^th floor of b115
• Monthly happy hour in Liberty (I think they are on Fridays too)
• I'll also add the 3rd floor kitchen in 44 (to the right exiting the elevator) - those folks are always ordering food.

Please feel free to add to this list [which does not adequately encapsule the great wisdom and creativity provided by Heather on this subject, or most other subjects, for that matter]. It might also make for a nice campus map overlay, right up there with my idea to create a "slackers guide" to campus game areas. It's all good.

Ok, back to work!

Slack-Time Quantified

As part of the advanced research studies conducted here on Blue Badge Mojo, we've recently received funding (ok, not really) to pursue an internal study on the impacts of non-business stress-relief recreational facilities on employee health and well-being, consisting of both intense field research and lab analysis. That's right....we're documenting all of the places on campus where a person can slack. Pool tables, foosball, pinball, XBoxes, and so forth. For obvious security reasons, we will be unable to share the results of this comprehensive study with non-employees, but for the low low price of joining the Microsoft team (applicable shipping and handling fees may be applied), you too can share in the wealth of knowledge of STI2k7 (Slack-Time Initiative 2007).

We're looking for study participants.