La Phrase du Jour Olympics
Sorry to interrupt our normally scheduled phrase of the day, but I needed to put in a post about our upcoming 'La Phrase du Jour' Olympics.
The team from the US is about to start two weeks of presentations with the French affiliate (don't ask, it's work related). Although most of the presentations will have to be in english (our french is still pretty bad), we have decided to see who can use the most phrases that we've learned in the past month during our presentations.
We don't want to get too complicated, but basically you get a point for each phrase you use in a presentation correctly - no repeating of the same phrase. In the event of a tie, we'll find some disinterested party to choose the winner with the better execution. And yes, not all phrases will be eligible for points (no sense in infuriating the business customers), so there will be no stepping on anyone's bean.
And since no one would voluntarily subject themselves to this game without some sort of incentive . . . the winner will win Wade's last bottle of Chateau Rieussec Sauterne 2001 - that even though it was made in France, it was brought from the US (that's another don't ask question). We figured it was an appropriate prize for all of us, since even if you don't appreciate a rare and great wine - you should at least be able to use it as a bargaining chip later in the year with your french colleagues (be it a particularly difficult business customer, french girlfriend, or policeman who has pulled you over for not coming to a complete stop - sorry, third and final don't ask question).
The team from the US is about to start two weeks of presentations with the French affiliate (don't ask, it's work related). Although most of the presentations will have to be in english (our french is still pretty bad), we have decided to see who can use the most phrases that we've learned in the past month during our presentations.
We don't want to get too complicated, but basically you get a point for each phrase you use in a presentation correctly - no repeating of the same phrase. In the event of a tie, we'll find some disinterested party to choose the winner with the better execution. And yes, not all phrases will be eligible for points (no sense in infuriating the business customers), so there will be no stepping on anyone's bean.
And since no one would voluntarily subject themselves to this game without some sort of incentive . . . the winner will win Wade's last bottle of Chateau Rieussec Sauterne 2001 - that even though it was made in France, it was brought from the US (that's another don't ask question). We figured it was an appropriate prize for all of us, since even if you don't appreciate a rare and great wine - you should at least be able to use it as a bargaining chip later in the year with your french colleagues (be it a particularly difficult business customer, french girlfriend, or policeman who has pulled you over for not coming to a complete stop - sorry, third and final don't ask question).
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