- All right, everyone,
let's spread some positivity today
at the Write Right Pencil Company.
For this team building exercise,
we'll pass this hat around the circle,
and when it comes to you
you take out a name,
and you give that coworker a compliment.
Remember to be sincere and uplifting.
- Yay.
- Any chance I can draw a name now
so that I can practice what I'm gonna say?
- No, it's gotta be spontaneous.
- No.
- What if there's objectively nothing good
about the person whose name we get?
- Rude.
- Okay.
- I'm sure we're all thinking this,
but there's a 33.55% chance
that somebody's gonna draw their own name.
- Yeah, what is your provision for that scenario?
- Don't worry about it.
I'll go first.
- Okay.
- Let's see,
I got Fletcher.
- Oh boy.
- Shout out to you, Fletcher,
for always being so detail-oriented.
- You could say that I'm on point.
- This is about giving compliments to other people, okay?
- Okay, that was a pencil joke
because this is a pencil company,
pencils have points, I'm on point,
it's simple.
- Your CEO is next.
Juniper, your energy is infectious, like a virus.
- I'll take it.
I mean, I guess I have to take it
'cause I don't wanna lose my job.
- What's this?
- Take a name Tater tot.
- What are we doing?
- Were you not paying attention?
- I'm kidding, come on.
Nathaniel.
I like how instead of doing paperwork
that would take you 20 minutes
you spent three hours coding a program
that does the work for you.
- Work smarter, not harder.
- Three hours?
- Maurice, your ability to overthink every situation
is truly remarkable.
- Thank you.
But what did she mean by that?
- Julia, you're next.
- You're the coolest person I know.
- Me?
- I'm sorry, who was that for?
- I hope it's for me.
- Oh, I know it's not for me.
- Me.
- Darn. (snaps fingers)
- I told you there was a 33.55% chance.
- That is not fair,
she's gotta say something about somebody else.
- Yeah, you should draw again.
- Well, actually,
when Maurice brought up this concern earlier
you brushed it aside.
As such, we embarked on this endeavor
with an inherent flaw
embedded within its very foundation,
and it would be more unjust
to alter the regulations midway through
solely due to your negligence.
- Jason, you are next.
- I've got Rowan.
- Oh, cool.
- Rowan, you've got a unique perspective.
It's a perspective that I rarely understand,
but there's a lot of things that I don't understand,
like why do people back into parking spaces?
It's so much easier to just pull in front ways.
- It is, it is.
- And why do people say that they slept like a baby?
Lemme tell you something,
my baby wakes up every two hours throughout the night.
No real reason,
she just wants to get up and say hi.
- Aw.
- And when a webpage isn't available,
why do we get error 404?
I wanna know what era 403 is.
- 403 means the webpage is forbidden.
- Whoa, good to know.
- My turn.
Ooh, I got Erica.
Erica, I can always count on you
to crush my dreams with your rationality and practicality,
it's inspiring.
- Well, that's very kind of you to say.
- Theo, you are great at
remembering all the details of everyone's lives,
it makes us all feel very special.
- Your birthday is July 9, 1992, right?
- Yeah.
- Knew it.
- But it's also kind of weird,
because I've never told you that information.
- (chuckles) I have my ways.
- Um, uh, I got Evangeline.
You're really good at taking charge
and making decisions for everyone.
It's impressive how you always know what's best for us,
it's almost like we don't
need to think for ourselves anymore.
- Thank you so much,
I do know what's best for everybody.
Juniper, it's your turn.
- Summer, I just think it is so cool
how you can blend into the shadows.
I'm in the spotlight so much it's exhausting.
But you? I don't even know you're here half the time.
It's like you have an anti-charisma,
but I mean that in a good way.
- I think I know what you mean.
It still stung,
but I get it.
- Will with only one L.
You are really great at starting projects.
- Thanks.
- If you ever figure out how to finish a project,
you'll be unstoppable.
- Expecting me to undertake the entirety of a project
would be like demanding that a quarterback throw the ball
and simultaneously catch it in the end zone,
it's impossible.
- I didn't understand a word
that just came outta your mouth.
- Celeste.
Who is that?
- Uh, me.
- Your name is Celeste?
- What did you think it was?
- Not Celeste.
- Just give her a compliment already.
- I don't know what you do here,
I think I've only spoken to you twice.
I didn't know your name until just now,
but I can tell that you do great work
because if you didn't then Amelia would've fired you by now,
so keep up the good work.
- Thanks.
- Jason.
Jason, I don't get many visitors down at the IT office,
and that's probably because we're in the basement,
and nobody really knows that there's a basement.
- There's a basement?
- But you come by every morning to say hello.
You bring me coffee and a croissant.
- I do.
- You make a little small talk, but not too much.
You really brighten up my mornings.
- Well, thank you, Maurice.
- It would be really cool
if you switched up the croissant every so often.
- Oh.
- You know, like chocolate, almond, ham and cheese,
I've just had enough plain croissants for a while.
- Noted.
- Anna Maria.
- Yay.
- Your unrelenting optimism is truly remarkable.
- Gee.
- Even though it seems to stem from
a blissful ignorance of life's harsh realities.
- What harsh realities is he talking about?
- Zeke.
- Okay, let me hear how awesome I am.
- Zeke, you consistently bring a fresh perspective
and a dedicated work ethic to the team,
which contributes to our collective success.
- So did you just make up a generic compliment
that could apply to anybody,
and you've been practicing it this whole time
so that no matter who you got
you could just whip it out?
(Evangeline clears throat)
- That's smart, I should have thought to do that.
- This compliment was crafted specifically
and solely for you.
(gentle music)
- What is happening?
(gentle music)
- That compliment was crafted
specifically and solely for me!
- Well, of course.
- I guess by process of elimination,
I get Amelia.
(Amelia clears throat)
- Ooh.
- Go ahead Rowan, we're all watching.
- So, Amelia, I think you're really great
as a boss and as a person.
In fact, it'd be great
to get to know you better a little bit
if you ever wanna get coffee sometime, you have my email.
- Did he just ask out the boss?
- Aw.
- Even I know this is a faux pas.
- Okay, well that wraps this up.
- Wait.
Rowan, I think you're great too.
- This is literal torture.
- You're great, but just as an employee.
- Oh.
- Sure.
- I mean, I'm married so I don't know
what you thought was gonna happen.
- Crap, I need to pay better attention.
- Well, that's tough.
- I mean, you met my wife at the company Christmas party.
- Oh.
- Anyone else wanna croissant?
I'm gonna go get one.
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