Panic Is Not An Investment Option...But A Nacho Bar Is

We didn’t win the jack-o-lantern contest.
The winners put an enormous amount of time in theirs which made ours look even more dreadful which made it even more awesome. Someone brought some black hair which made Gene really come to life.
As part of the on-going employee appreciation week, we’ve had numerous activities like guessing jar contests, baking contests, finger football, and at least once a day, someone stops by with a treat.
This is, of course, in between calls with people freaking out about the financial industry. My mantra has been “Panic is not an investment option.” and, to be honest, most people just need to hear some reassuring words in order to calm down.
It doesn’t help that our company is going through a merger at the same time, which is also prompting more calls. It’s not really a merger in the strictest sense of the word; we’re simply shortening the name a bit in the hopes that the consolidation will save us money in the long term.
But you don’t care about that do you? Truth be told, I don’t either. I’m more interested in the “nacho bar” they’re providing us this afternoon.