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Snow joke delivering Yules the fatty prize
Posted by Mark on 05-01-2010
Our 2009 final Who's the Fatty winner - who correctly pointed out that Rudolph is the one with a red nose at Christmas, not the Theme Group team - was Polly Chapman from Epson.
And given that Epson is based in Hemel Hempstead - a journey that usually takes around 45 minutes from the Old Chapel - I think I can be forgiven for being surprised that my drive to drop off the festive goodies ended up taking 12 hours!
Things started out well enough - Polly and the team were over the moon with their well-earned treats. Polly thought they were fantastic, and was so excited to get them before Christmas. I left her and the team debating whether or not to share the cakes with the rest of the office because they looked so scrummy!
But it was when I left the Epson office - and the snow arrived - that things went slightly awry.
Six hours of sitting in traffic on the motorway and another two-and-a-half hours without moving en route to Basingstoke were made slightly livelier by being towed out of a ditch and then having to move a tree out of the road.
In hindsight, I wish I had taken Epson up on their offer to take one of the cakes with me - I was starving by the time I got home at 1am.
The journey to work the next day was surreal too, with cars deserted along the roadside, but at least that never-ending journey home led to some interesting tales - and we weren't the only ones.
Most of the team had experienced long journeys home - even those who only live 20 minutes away were stuck in traffic for up to three hours, and many decided to stay with friends and relatives instead of risking the snow.
Let's hope January's a bit less eventful!
Posted by Mark on 05-01-2010 | 1 Comment | Leave a Comment…
Unlucky but at least you stuck with it.
