Games, competitions, and levity at work

We had an old logger on our crew who was probably the best guy for morale I’ve ever experienced. We were raking up one day and he says, “Did you boys know I went to nationals for raking!?” And he would judge new rakes by how they would perform in competition.
 
levi r said:
More of an inside joke but a fellow I used to work with would often say "almost done" around 10:30am. I like to try and keep that alive from time to time.
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When I worked at ODNR, we did some tree planting (seedlings, on a seedling tree planter). Everybody kinda switched positions (3 main roles) - couple guys would take turns driving the tractor, most anybody would sit on the tree planter or follow behind stomping the trees in. Usually the guy on the planter takes more time getting set. Anyhow... when one guy was driving the tractor we all were "trained" buy another guy to say "Waiting on you, Don" when we were ready on the planter as he has been sitting there ready to roll for several minutes. For a while I think it drove him nuts before he caught on that its a joke. But the tradition stuck around for many years.
 
Bendroctanus said:
We had an old logger on our crew who was probably the best guy for morale I’ve ever experienced. We were raking up one day and he says, “Did you boys know I went to nationals for raking!?” And he would judge new rakes by how they would perform in competition.
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Sounds like he needed a title. I deemed my first hired helper: Vice President in Charge of Collection and Disposal of Cellulosic Materials.
 
We are going to pick up a little job on the way home fellows. (Said about 3:30PM.)

Of course they question about the little job.

Make it gnarly and one you can finish in just a couple of hours if we all pull together as a team. (Don't even joke on a Friday)
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Now this one may be questionable:

Dropping a piece from a tree into a very clear zone where no one is around and yelling 'heads up' a second or two after the thud. Usually a piece of dead wood that is hand broken off or hand sawed.

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Urinating from the tree while climbing shouting out 'it's raining'.

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I'm 69 and still blaming my parents for my behavior. :p
 
I got one…see who can make it the entire job without uttering a swear word (especially when a throw line is involved).

I used to joke with a previous employee of mine that I was keeping a list of the tools he broke because there were a few instances where something might’ve got broken (nothing major). It was all in good fun and we had a laugh. He was considerably older than me and didn’t use or carry a cell phone, so we would also sometimes joke about technology, etc.

Also, we had a pole pruner that was around 25 ft long and because it was green we referred to it as “The Hulk”.
 
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