It's safe to say that there was a huge downward spike in productivity today in companies all across the country. And I'm pretty sure that copying machines got a major workout today, too. For you see, the NCAA tournament brackets were in today's newspapers and on the internet. The first tournament game is Thursday afternoon, so from now until noon on Thursday people everywhere will be working at a frenzied pace filling out their brackets for the company jackpots.
It's funny to see how the NCAA tournament jackpots bring out the gambler in everybody. Even people who are openly and adamently opposed to gambling will pay their money and fill out a bracket with the teams they think will win. I guess they don't consider it gambling. But the last time I checked, paying money to predict the outcome of sporting events with the hopes of winning money based on your correct predictions was still considered gambling. So just a short note to you anti-gamblers who get in the NCAA bracket pools: don't be quick to point your finger at the casino and horse race fans; you're one of "us" after all.
I don't participate in the NCAA tourny jackpots at work simply for the fact that I don't follow college basketball and I could not care less about the tourny. But I don't diss it; I have friends and co-workers who live for March Madness. Good for them. I just don't get into it. My Mother doesn't like March Madness, either; they cut into "The Young And The Restless" on Thursday and Fridays and that hacks her off. I can't blame her. I'd be the same way if they preempted "All My Children" for the games.
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