What wearing my hat to work got me...
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- thatguyno1
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What wearing my hat to work got me...
... an Indy theme retirement reception. Friday April 8 was my last day at work. I have been wearing my TOD every day since I got it in 2006. Even the people in the commuter bus line knew which line to get in when they saw "the guy in the hat".
The people in the office decorated our big conference room in an Indy theme including the Indy music playing during a powerpoint presentation of old pictures. They had table decorations with old boxes with a costume indy fedora and whip on the tables. They designed labels and wrapped chocolate bars and small water bottles with the caption "The adventure continues". They also put together two albums of pictures of my co-workers with the costume hat and whip for a keepsake for me. They actually had to sneak them around the office over the last months so I wouldn't catch on to what they were doing.
Thought I would share some pics:
Note the table decorations:
Note the pic of me in the grey CS :
A couple of the pics from the album:
In the album they pasted the pics on light brown paper with the edges burned and left enough room for each person to write comments.
And the last slide in the powerpoint had these two side by side with the caption "Like father... like son".
Enjoy, Paul ô¿ô
The people in the office decorated our big conference room in an Indy theme including the Indy music playing during a powerpoint presentation of old pictures. They had table decorations with old boxes with a costume indy fedora and whip on the tables. They designed labels and wrapped chocolate bars and small water bottles with the caption "The adventure continues". They also put together two albums of pictures of my co-workers with the costume hat and whip for a keepsake for me. They actually had to sneak them around the office over the last months so I wouldn't catch on to what they were doing.
Thought I would share some pics:
Note the table decorations:
Note the pic of me in the grey CS :
A couple of the pics from the album:
In the album they pasted the pics on light brown paper with the edges burned and left enough room for each person to write comments.
And the last slide in the powerpoint had these two side by side with the caption "Like father... like son".
Enjoy, Paul ô¿ô
- Mustafa
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Re: What wearing my hat to work got me...
Looks like a great retirement party! Congradulations!!!
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Yes, seems your colleagues really, really appreciated your company! That's a very nice gesture!
And, if I may add, you really are your father's son! That's a grea hat he's wearing in this pic!
And, if I may add, you really are your father's son! That's a grea hat he's wearing in this pic!
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That is wonderful. I particularly like the father/son idea.
- thatguyno1
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Re: What wearing my hat to work got me...
You might like this other pic from the powerpoint of my mother and me. I have posted this pic before under a different topic
Paul ô¿ô
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Re: What wearing my hat to work got me...
That's great! You must have really made an impact amongst your coworkers
Congrats
Congrats
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Awesome! Congratz!
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Great pictures, and congratulations on your retirement Tundrarider!
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Congratulations on the retirement. BTW, I have a pic of my great grandfather from the 1950's (he must have been in his 60's) and he is wearing a great fedora.
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Re: What wearing my hat to work got me...
Thank you so much for sharing the photos with us, Paul, and may I add to the congratulations on your retirement. It is good to see the hat-wearing tradition continue so well.
Best wishes,
Nebraska Schulte
Best wishes,
Nebraska Schulte
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Congratulations on your retirement. That was a really cool thing your co-workers did for you.
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Re: What wearing my hat to work got me...
Great party, you obviously meant a lot to your coworkers for them to send you off with such care and style.
Congrats on being paroled from the 'daily grind.'
Regards,
Indiana Jeff
Congrats on being paroled from the 'daily grind.'
Regards,
Indiana Jeff
Re: What wearing my hat to work got me...
I love it when people do things like this! What a heartfelt show of appreciation. I don't know if I could hold it together if I had a party like that. Great pics and story!
- thatguyno1
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Re: What wearing my hat to work got me...
Thank you everyone and a special thanks to Steve for making those great hats. I was in the Internal Control department for my last 5 years with the company. There were only 5 of us but those other 4 are really great people. Many of the people that showed up were people I hired myself or recommended hiring to other departments because I had worked with them at another company. I was really afraid there weren't going to be many people show up but 5 minutes after I got there the room filled up to standing room. I like to think it was for me but then again there was free food there
Paul ô¿ô
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Re: What wearing my hat to work got me...
MUCH respect, Paul.
Those are some great photos and it's clear you've left a great impression on a group of people who will definitely feel your absence.
Hope you ENJOY your retirement, sir!
Those are some great photos and it's clear you've left a great impression on a group of people who will definitely feel your absence.
Hope you ENJOY your retirement, sir!
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You're the real deal and I'm happy to know you here.
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Re: What wearing my hat to work got me...
thatguyno1 wrote:You might like this other pic from the powerpoint of my mother and me. I have posted this pic before under a different topic
Paul ô¿ô
I absolutely LOVE this! Congratulations!
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That looked like a fun party for sure. Congrats!
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Re: What wearing my hat to work got me...
Great idea, great party...
Enjoy your retirement
best
teko
Enjoy your retirement
best
teko
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Re: What wearing my hat to work got me...
Congrats on your retirement!
I'm not quite there yet, but my co-workers gave me a similar treatment for my 25th anniversary with Ford.
Matt
I'm not quite there yet, but my co-workers gave me a similar treatment for my 25th anniversary with Ford.
Matt
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Re: What wearing my hat to work got me...
It takes more than the usual amount of thought and effort to do a theme party. You are obviously loved there. Happy retirement!