You could always count on Deb.......
... for some pearlers! She was a team leader when I joined the company I still work for, about 15 years ago (shudder!). Two really stand out as examples of how someone can shoot first and feel the consequences later.

Now, Deb didn't have an office - just a large open desk near her team. One morning she was to have a short meeting with a product manager named Neil. So she emailed her team thusly: "Team - just to let you know I will be having Neil at my desk at 9am."
Pure class.

The second happened a year or so later. There was a decision to have team mascots. Hers was a plastic banana called Narny. And Narny was always having adventures - being stolen by other teams, taken away on trips, appearing in the most unusual places and photographed being held by famous people. One day Deb was obviously discussing this with a colleague and I walked in at the right moment to hear her say: "It never ceases to amaze me just how much fun can be had with a $2 plastic banana!"

The place hasn't been the same since she left.....
(Sebulba continues to fight evil with evil....., Thu 12 Jun 2008, 19:36, Reply)