Ever wondered what random thoughts and ideas lurk in the minds of gap employees? If you haven’t sat around coming up with unique and weird questions to ask your coworkers, then you’ve clearly never been at a loss for a blog topic. Since I have experienced both of these phenomenons, I thought it only fair to share what I found out when I posed said questions to gappers!
What song best describes your work ethic?
She Works Hard for the Money – Donna Summer
My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life as Blazing Shield of Defiance and Optimism as Celestial Spear of Action)” – The Flaming Lips
Rumpshaker – Wreckx-N-Effect : “I do tons of ‘check baby, check baby, 1-2-3-4’ when QCing retail pricing”
The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars
Slow Ride – Foghat
Achilles Last Stand – Led Zeppelin
Hustlin’ – Rick Ross
Hard Day’s Night – Beatles
Workin’ for the Weekend – Loverboy
Which coworker would you allow to babysit your kids?
Laurel Popplewell . Especially on wild-wear Wednesdays
Kim Plavan. She always has snacks and her lunches always smell amazing
Herbie!Val Alde-Hayman. And only Val
Kim Plavan. She always has snacks and her lunches always smell amazing
Katie Hess. She is a superstar Aunt to her nephew
I have kids?!
Christine Abuyen
Karen Hartzman
Scott Peterson
If Gary Peterson were a superhero, what would his name be? What would his super power be? What would his kryptonite be?
Hockey stick man… Having incredible accuracy with shooting hockey pucks at bad guys… Watching any Dallas Cowboys game
The Hedgehog… Quills of Justice… Badgers (Google said they’re hedgehogs natural enemy)
Super Hexta11… Make the Flyers win the Stanley Cup… All other hockey teams
Fly Guy… Hockey stick twirling… Flyers losing to the Penguins
Super CEO Man… Wielding the Hockey Stick of Justice… The sauce from Phil’s BBQ
Self-Improvement Superman… The ability to prescribe the best self-improvement technique to any situation… no weakness
Magical Texas Hockey Man… He could project his voice miles across the world, and defeat his enemies with a hockey stick. Like Thor’s hammer… The Pittsburgh Penguins
If you could come back as someone else, who would it be?
Definitely a cat. Those furballs have got it made
Tyler Durden
Han Solo
Elon Musk, he’s the real-life Tony Stark (Iron Man)
JT, every male is kidding themselves if they say anyone else
Buddha
I wouldn’t hate Shakira’s life
Beyonce
Whoever was voted People Magazines sexiest man alive.John Elway
Carrie Underwood
Rebecca Black
What song do you know all the words to, but wish you didn’t?
A Groovy Kind of Love – Phil Collins
I know a lot of Jingles that I’m not particularly proud of
Wrecking Ball – Miley Cyrus
Chatahoochie – Alan Jackson
Stacy’s Mom – Fountains of Wayne
All Jonas Brothers songs
Most early 90’s R&B songs
Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
Cups – Anna Kendrick
One thing you HAVE to do before bed?
Honorable Mention: write one sentence in my journal about the happiest part of my day.
If you had a snail that granted wishes, what would you name it?
Mine
Robin Williams
Emilio Estevez
Gary! after Spongebob’s snail, not after Gary Peterson, no offense ;)Tater Tot
SlowPoke
Snailio Iglesias
John. I think he would appreciate a normal name after all the crappy names you all gave him
If you could only have 3 electrical appliances in your house, what would they be?
MacBook, Vitamix, Wood Chipper
Fridge, radio, lamp
Microwave, Laptop, Technics 1200 turntable
Stand Mixer, Range, Refrigerator
Oven, TV, Smart Phone. The three essentials.
Phone charger, microwave, Keurig
Coffee maker, toaster, laptop charger
Coffee maker, microwave, fridge – in that order, girls gotta survive
Refrigerator, washer, stove
TV, Computer and I’m good
TV, Coffee maker, Blow Dryer
Refrigerator, Range, Coffee machine
Refrigerator, Vacuum, Studio Monitors / Speakers
Washer, Dryer, Stovetop
When you go on a trip, when do you pack?
The night before x 7
When I can procrastinate no longer
About 2 days before if I’m excited, then repack the night before because I’m paranoid I forgot something
I think about it for weeks. Pack in the midnight hours before the trip, usually too busy to do it at an earlier time but way too excited to sleep anyway
I start planning my outfits in advance in case I need to go shopping. I normally pack the night before
2 weeks before, then end up taking everything out because I ran out of clothes
What do you think about when you’re alone in the car?
What I’m going to eat for dinner that night / Food x3
What would happen if an asteroid landed nearby and I became radioactively enhanced, consequently forcing me to choose between living my life as a hero or a rockstar villain
Why is the radio so annoying, why are all the people driving around me so annoying, why does it take me so long to get home?
How Macaulay Culkin actually gets lost in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York…I mean he’s on the plane with them at some point…does he get lost in the airport? I can’t remember
I hope I don’t butt dial someone to hear me “sing” along with the radio
How FM 94.9 has taken a HUGE turn for the worse lately, who the heck is in charge there?!?!
Why don’t we have flying cars yet?
Data. No Joke.
Would you rather slap a bear in the face or throw a snowball at a tiger?
Bear: 4
Tiger: 7
Honorable mentions:
Snowball at a tiger. Then we’d be BFFs
Hard choice, done both and they were equally satisfying
Slap a bear (far more empowering)
Throw a snowball at a tiger. Tigers are my favorite animal; it would be an honor to get that close to one. Plus if it was to attack they go straight for the jugular, bears slice and dice. Haven’t you ever heard the audio of Grizzly Man’s death? No bears, no thanks
I got kicked out of a zoo for trying the second one
gap impact summary:
- We like old school rock and oldies!
- We are fairly trusting with our kids, probably because only one of the people who took part in this questionnaire has a kid.
- Gary’s hockey stick is pretty darn famous.
- We’ve got some interesting ideas of “cool” people that we “want to be.”
- A lot of us have nice white teeth because we brush our teeth before bed.
- We like coffee… and we like food… we really really like food.
- Only a few of us are crazy enough to pack more than the night before a trip.
