Badges: Workplace Edition Volume 2
Here are a bunch more badges for you guys to try and unlock at work. Many of them were inspired by readers comments (linked). Good luck!
Game of Thrones
A management position has opened up in your department. Obtain it.
140 Characters or Less
Get a RT or @ reply from a verified Twitter handle while at work.
When Pigs Fly
Special: Can only be obtained by retail or service industry workers.
Have 2 different customers utter the words “I’m sorry” in a single work shift.
Inspired by emmahevezi
Ghost Mode
Go an entire work shift without muttering a single word.
Inspired by TableSpoonOfFlavors
Awkward Turtle
Make 3 comments in one work week that directly results in an awkward silence or an abrupt subject change.
Inspired by Handsome Lover of Words
Inception
In one work shift, sing part of a song and get 3 co-workers to sing the exact same part unsolicited.
The Guardian
Do not lose a pen for an entire work week
Inspired by Rochelle
Finish What You Start
Use a single pen until no ink remains
Note: The same pen from The Guardian Badge can be used in unlocking The Finish What You Start Badge.
Coffee Monster
In one work day, consume 5 separate cups of coffee.
Inspired by Standrewslynx
“Out” of Office
In one work day, see how many emails you can avoid that are sent directly to you.
Note: Can only be attempted once a week. Highest total to be written in the red circle.
Inspired by TimeForVacationYet
Boardwalk
Occupy the most coveted non-office workspace or desk on the floor.
The Floor is Lava
After returning from lunch break, attempt to make it to your desk without touching the floor.
Inspired by G.E. Allen
Cereal Killer
In one month, eat 10 different cereals at work.
The Hangover
After a night of heavy partying / drinking, show up on time to work and make it through the entire day.
Inspired by Nate
No Rest For The Wicked
In one 24 hour period, punch in before sunrise and punch out after sunset.
Peace Keepers
Special: Teamwork Badge
In one work week, the communal microwave must remain spotless. Any visible debris caused by any employee trying to unlock the badge (non-players included) immediately results in a failed attempt and the challenge restarts the following week.
Inspired by 1daughter
Minions
Have your intern(s) make it to the end of their internship.
Inspired by Sarah
The First Edition (and an explanation of how to play)
Second Lunch 
31 Responses to “Badges: Workplace Edition Volume 2”
I could have earned “Ghost Mode” and “The Hangover” at a job I used to have. I’d come in after going on a bender and not getting any sleep, and would just plug away at my computer all day without looking up. I’m sure some people thought I was Autistic…or perhaps a serial killer.
These days I’m more “Coffee Monster”
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Damn, you probably would be one of the most decorated players in the history of the game if you were still at that old job.
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My liver sent me a thank you note after I quit that job. It wanted to retire from the game.
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What is the ounce requirement on cups of coffee for “Coffee Monster”? lol Also, I have the only desk that exits in the warehouse area of my job. No one else works in the warehouse area though, they all utilize the desks in the small office we have. Does this still count?
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No oz. requirements. I would just say 5 “mugs/cups” of coffee is perfect fine. We have a Keurig in our office, so that’s kinda what I’m working off of. And as far as the desk question, if it’s the only desk in your direct work area/floor then, yes, that does count. Otherwise I assume people would be working at a crummy table or off of milk crates.
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Yes! I’m the King of the Warehouse!
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Can I earn the “Finish what you start” for killing a Tipp-Ex Mouse in just one project? Proof can be found on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/72806996@N04/sets/72157629832804513/
To everybody going for a badge: Good Luck! just love the idea of people climbing over desks in order to avoid touching the floor…
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Absolutely, I designed it with the idea of taking an office supply all the way to the end. There’s definitely some flexibility with earning badges.
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Reblogged this on Makes Me Wander and commented:
Monday fun! Workplace Badges, Volume 2! How many can you earn?
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So fun! I can’t tell you how many people I’ve told about these and they think it’s the greatest idea! Yay for round 2!
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Thanks for spreading the word!
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Thanks for the shout out!
Sarah
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Haha! Ninjas got The Lava Floor all wrapped up I should think… Coffee Monster and Cereal Killer though…effortlessly attainable for moi!
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I would be scared for the Ninja that didn’t have the Floor is Lava Badge!
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It isn’t enough to make your interns finish their internship. Bonus badge if they: a) survive it, b) are a friend at the end of it, c) not suicidal.
There needs to be an ‘RT isn’t an endorsement’ or ‘Out of Office, please e-mail _______’ badge if you can run into enough of them in a week.
When I move to South Africa and have to work all by myself in a strange office with people not related to my organisation, I will give myself badges if I’m awesome. Seriously. I’ll take a photo when I win at life.
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I first had the intern badge set as “no interns perish while on internship,” but I wasn’t sure how many people could relate to it. Now looking back, I think a lot would. And, yes, please do take a photo of any badges you acquire! It’ll validate the game.
P.S. Good luck with South Africa! I wonder what it will be like going there from the Philippines?
P.P.S. World traveler badge?
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I volunteer with the Cub Scouts and I get annoyed that I can’t earn any of the badges myself and now I can! I’m so happy! Although I have to say I currently work at a comic book store so I don’t know how far I’ll get with this. Thanks for the cool post!
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Comic book store? very cool, I recently just got in to comics (*nods towards The Avengers movie)
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Definitely check out the new DC 52 if you can, they are awesome and the first series have just started coming out in graphic novel! I know it’s DC rather than Marvel like the Avengers but it’s awesome! Especially Aquaman. And although Marvel will always own my soul DC just have better business sense in that you don’t have to buy every one of their titles to understand something in one. God bless the reboot!
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I’m sorry, but I really feel like the “When Pigs Fly” badge is probably completely impossible to achieve. TWO sorry customers in the one day?
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[…] Badges – specifically ones for doing stuff during the working day. Today I’m gunning for “The Coffee Monster”. […]
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I could get the ghost award!
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I’m hands down the awkward turtle.
That sounded bad. My hands aren’t down it. Let’s try this again.
Hands down, I’m the awkward turtle.
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This comment is so awkward. I LIKE IT A LOT.
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Do I get the badge? Scout’s honor it already happened at least twice today.
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I’m terrified you’re actually a walking talking unicorn. So, yes. Take them all.
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Score. Thanks, watering can stickman!
(P.S. Your site is awesome. Stoked to read more.)
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Reblogged this on Lollipops and rainbows and commented:
Hahahahahaha!
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Love it!
I got the game of thrones a week or two ago. Also, I had a look at volume 1 of this game. Does pulling a prank on a co-worker, implicating someone else, and having the prankee confide that they believe the “someone else” did it count for the rumour mill badge?
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“No rest for the wicked” is easy in the northern latitudes in winter. I live in Seattle and you can work an eight-hour day and work “from dark to dark” as we call it.
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A great idea well executed.
What about an”Antisocial Networking” for not checking Facebook for a whole shift (on ANY tech)?
For that I will be eternally unable to get the set.
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