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- The office's holiday decorating contest between floors got surprisingly competitive this year. One team hired an actual consultant, a detail that came out only after the judging had already concluded.
- The office's break room got a fresh coat of paint over the weekend, a color nobody had actually voted on or agreed to, sparking a surprisingly heated debate come Monday morning.
- The office's annual holiday gift exchange had a new rule this year requiring homemade gifts only. This resulted in some genuinely impressive baked goods and one deeply questionable hand-knitted scarf.
- The office's shared kitchen microwave finally got replaced after years of complaints. And the collective relief among the team lasted longer than most actual product launches we'd celebrated that year.
- The office's team decided to try a new communication tool that promised to replace email entirely. Three months later, we're using it alongside email, which somehow means we now check two inboxes instead of one.
- The office's annual review process this year included a new peer feedback component. This resulted in considerably more honest, if slightly uncomfortable, conversations than the usual formal reviews ever produced.