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During Atlanta’s most difficult months in June & July they held an “Alphabet Countdown”,
planning one small thing to take their minds off of the stresses of produce season each day –
according to the alphabet. We left Z open for the best suggestion, and it turns out at that
point the best suggestion was to stop doing things!
A- Paper Airplane contest.
B- Bake and decorate cookies
C- Crazy socks day
D- Donut day
E- Every time you do something good you get a sticker
F- Share your Favorite ALC memory today
G- Group photo day
H- Hot Pink Crayon coloring contest
I- Interact by paying everyone a compliment today
J- Joke day. Memorize a good one, tell everyone
K- Klutter cutter day. Spend 15 mins. organizing your desk & files
L- Write a Letter to a famous person asking 1 piece of advice
M- Music day. Bring a favorite CD, playlist or Pandora channel
N- Note card day. Write a thank you to a client
O- OJ and fruit for breakfast
P- Write a Poem at lunch and share with everyone
Q- Questions! Trivial Pursuit Questions throughout the day
R- Ripe Watermelon for eating or throwing
S- Sun Tea & Lemonade day
T- Tell & Show. Bring an item of interest to share
U- Share a fun or inspiring YouTube video
V- Victory! Share a win or accomplishment from the past quarter
W- Wipe clean & disinfect your workstation
X- Xcercise. 15 mins. extra for an exercise break
Y- Your favorite stuffed animal comes to work day
Z- ???
Congratulations to the “King & Queen of the Countdown”… Intern Donald Broughton for his Richard
Branson inspired paper airplane and Broker Assistant Maggie Jones for her T-Rex cookie creation.