Mar 22, 2016 ● Kate Lopaze

The 7 Stages of Your Office March Madness Pool

If your office is like many others around the country, this March will include hours of lost productivity and surreptitious score-checking, as everyone anxiously awaits the fate of their NCAA basketball tournament brackets. And if you’ve joined an office bracket pool, you might go through these seven distinct stages this month.

1. Anticipation

Everyone’s excited about the shared fun that lies ahead. Sports! Camaraderie! Prizes!

2. Annoyance at the guy who takes it waaaaaay too seriously

3. Self-doubt

Why did you pick Podunk State to win it all?!

4. Smugness when the upsets start breaking your way

5. Despair when your bracket busts like a piñata.

6. Rage that the one who DID win it all made her picks based on uniform colors.

7. Ready to do the whole thing again next year.

watercooler

Related blogs

How to answer "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"

“So tell me—where do you see yourself in five years?” This is pretty common professional small talk, but it can have a major impact if it’s being asked by your boss, or as an interview question. Learn key strategies and advice to put your best foot forward.,“So tell me—where do you see yourself in five years?” This is pretty common...

Job Interview Tips

5 Effective Ways to Show You're Promotion Ready

If you want to climb the corporate ladder, you’ll have to show your boss you’re promotion ready. Let’s cover a few effective ways to do that.

Professional Development

use-these-8-words-to-describe-yourself-in-a-job

10+ Words to Describe Yourself (Interviews Tips)

Do you know how to describe yourself in a way that will make potential employers want to learn more? Check out these words that will help you stand out professionally from the crowd.,Do you know how to describe yourself in a way that will make potential employers want to learn more? Check out these words that will help you stand...

Job Interview Tips