G-Findit of the Day - Part 6

Today's blog post will probably - better than anything - illustrate the difference between working in the "European headquarters" vs. working in the "World headquarters". It illustrates why this office is the centre of awesomeness and another recurring event we should probably try to implement in our home office if we can.

Today was the Microkitchen food fair. There is an abundance of stories out there about how my dear employer gives all employees free food, snacks and drinks, but the sheer scale of what was happening here today makes all these stories seem like an understatement.

The idea itself is glorious: We have many employees. We offer free snacks. Thus, we are a huge customer for many snack companies (especially because of our preference for alternative and healthy options). This means, we are a big fish for small snack and drink companies. And now the stroke of genius: Let us invite all those companies and pitch their products to those who will eat and drink them - namely all employees here. This means they have a big chance to land a substantial deal and employees have their Halloween trick-or-treat-and-try-as-much-as-you-can-eat-event in April. Everyone can vote on what to stock the Microkitchens with - thus constituting the true food democracy. And choice is the prerequisite of all democracies - example: There were four (!) different companies offering coconut water. But see for yourself.

I collected everything you can see in the first picture, but gave almost all of it to my team (especially a colleague with kids). Just from trying the stuff at the food stalls, I was so full I almost did not need any lunch.

I imagine this in Dublin with 60+ different nationalities, different childhood memories connected to national specialty sweets, different tastes and different regional snacks that can be sourced in Ireland. It would be the European Parliament of Food. Literally a sweet dream...

FYI...my Top 3: Sahale Nuts, Metromint Water, Ghirardelli Chocolate.