Ruin the office leaving party
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Solo
Filmed
Creative
Subjective
Single brief
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Task brief
The task brief is handed to the contestants as they enter the lab, along with a small bouquet of flowers and a small wrapped gift (containing a watch). The brief for the task is as follows:
Ruin this office leaving party.
Most ruined party wins.
You have 15 minutes.
Your time starts now.
Task notes
- The lab has been filled with office furniture and equipment (including a desk with a PC, a water cooler, a filing cabinet with an inbox on top of it, and a whiteboard), and decorated to make it resemble an office party (including a bunting banner strung from the ceiling, a couple of red balloons, and various messages written on a whiteboard).
- The bunting banners for each contestant are as follows: for Dai, "DA SVIDANIA DAI"; for Ray, "REMEMBER US RAY"; for Mel, "MISS YOU MEL"; for Bubbah, "BYE BYE BUBBAH"; and for Karen, "KATCH YOU KAREN".
- Mel's whiteboard features: a list of tasks including "Report to corporate", "Sell sell sell", "Wish Mel Goodbye", and "Don't forget to bring Paul $5 for TMNZ sweepstakes"; in small text, the message "I wouldn't read too much into what's on the whiteboard" (too late, I'm afraid); in large text, the message "FAREWELANIE MELANIE!!"; the Quote of the Day "Well All Riiiight!" by Josh Thomson; and, under the heading of "SALES TARGETS 2023", a list of the months of the year and some random-looking percentages, with the months of February to May apparently labelled "KPI", and an unlabelled pie chart.
- Ray's whiteboard features: a list of tasks including "Blow competition out of the water", "Redesign UI", "Say au"ray"voir to Ray", "Disrupt", and "Get CEO out of jail"; in small text, the message "Screenshot this whiteboard and post it on Reddit, I dare you" (although in another shot, it reads "Hello, I'm something written on the whiteboard, thanks for pausing."); in large text, the message "FAREWELANIE RAY!"; the Quote of the Day "Who's your favourite Moana in Moana?" from Guy Williams; a market research line graph; and a budget including the items "Human Resources: $25k", "Staples: $37k", "Marketing: $2.5K", "Leaving Parties: $500k", and "Name Tags: $7.50".
- Karen's whiteboard features: a list of tasks including "Court new clients", "Big corporate merger", "Say goodbye to Karen", and "Sponsor local childrens sports team"; in small text, the message "You'd think the whiteboard would have a clue on it but it's just set dressing"; in large text, the message "FAREWELANIE KAREN!!"; the Quote of the Day "You know what they say... F**k" by Guy Montgomery; and a bar chart with the heading "OVERALL FIGURES: 23", axes labelled simply "X axis" and "Y axis", and the comment "Room for improvement!!" pointing at it.
- Dai's whiteboard features: a list of tasks including "Restructure", "Overhaul", "Stocktake", "Bye, Dai!", "Draw a horse while riding a horse", "Invest in a laminator", and "Crypto?"; in small text, the message "If you paused it just to read this your crush will ask you out in 7 days"; in large text, the message "FAREWELANIE DAI!"; the Quote of the Day "Detective Reginald Bathgate!" by Det. R. Bathgate (aka Matt Heath); a reminder to get Paul's jacket dry-cleaned; and a series of bar charts depicting "Asset management" at various points throughout the year, underneath which there is the note "Total debt: $725".
- Bubbah's whiteboard features: a task list including "Meet sales targets", "Take this offline by end of play", "Say bye 2 Bubbah", and "Circle back"; in small text, the message "Hello, I'm something written on a whiteboard, thanks for pausing"; in large text, the message "FAREWELANIE BUBBAH!!!"; the Quote of the Day "I'm gonna drown you in your own blood" by David Correos; and under the heading of "Market Research", a series of pie charts depicting something broken down by geographic region (Europe/Asia Pacific/Americas/Africa), and an unlabelled line graph.
- On the table in the middle of the lab, there are (frozen) sausage rolls, crisps, a bowl of punch, party hats, paper plates and cups, a (quite solid) chocolate cake, tomato ketchup, and a leaving card.
Task stats
Points
15
Disquals
0
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