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Time for some ZZZs
It was the end of Debate Challenge. Herman, Minna, Otto and Lina had been working hard all month to be moderators of the infamous yearly debate challenge. Their task this whole month was to come up with issues that had opposing views and make sure that all of the participants were prepared and presentable for the public debate on time. They had to be fair in each debate, allowing for follow-up discussion, yet remain impartial as the debates progressed. For the most part they did a great job. The time had come for them to sit down and decide what they wanted to do to celebrate.
“I think we should go out for dinner at a fancy restaurant,” Herman suggested.
Otto said, ”Are you crazy? Do you know how much that is going to cost us? I’d rather have pizza at home.”
Lina chimed in, “After all of the work we did. We do deserve a nice night out. Why not a good restaurant.”
Minna decided to add her two cents. “If you recall, we weren’t paid for this; we volunteered. Why should we spend money we didn’t get to celebrate the hard work that we did?”
“Because we completed it,” was Herman’s reply. “This is our third year doing this. We even got a t-shirt the first year. We deserve to give ourselves a pat on the back.”
Lina added, “And some of the participants did take the time to comment to us about how they liked our work. Praise for work can go a long way. It makes you feel good.”
Otto responded, “Feeling good doesn’t put bread on table. And that t-shirt, we had to buy ourselves. Yeah, it’s nice to get connections based on our work; but that is all we got. Now that it’s over we’ll never hear from those people again.”
“Why not?” was Herman’s reaction. “Granted we do this debate thing all throughout April, but we still do some similar work during the year with other groups. Maybe some of those people that liked us so much this year will continue to follow us. I certainly plan to follow some of their work.”
Minna yawned, “Celebrating sounds like a good idea, but for me right now, I just want to sit and relax.”
Her yawn was contagious as three other yawns followed.
“Maybe that’s a good idea,” Lina murmured as her eyes slowly began to close.
“That’s right,” Herman agreed. “We should just sit back and relax. Take time and reflect upon all the work we did. It’s not so easy coming up with all of those topics.”
Herman’s eyes followed those of Minna and Lina and soon all was quiet in the room.
“What wimps!” Otto muttered to himself. “Can’t handle a little creative work, without a nap. That’s it for me. I’m going out to get pizza.”
And he did.
