74. Surprise!
The manager offering rewards and incentives gets responses in addition to those he planned.
After six weeks of six- and seven-day workweeks, the release finally went in. The team was burned-out, but everyone on it was elated that the job was done and the system was on the air. After a brief hibernation from exhaustion, the team was back in the office, gathered around the project manager, who proclaimed victory and offered heartfelt thanks on behalf of the company. To show its appreciation, the company gave each member of the team a voucher for dinner for two at one of the best restaurants in town. As the vouchers in envelopes were passed around, jokes about ordering jeroboams of Veuve Clicquot champagne, chateaubriand, and the entire ...
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