Awards

When people are leaving your group or organization and the search begins for some suitable gesture of recognition at their final meeting, I have a suggestion:

Don't give them a plaque.

I have received quite a few plaques in my time. Most of them are in my garage. I put up a few of the nicer ones in my storage room so I can view them while searching for luggage or board games.

I know the givers meant well because I too meant well whenever handing out plaques. That's not the point. The average plaque is around three notches above giving them new shoe laces or some McDonald's coupons, both of which would be more practical. Most are devoid of wit and bear a resemblance to a grave marker. That should be warning enough.

So what do you give them?

I have some ideas that I'll surface later as soon as I get the pricing on lava lamps.