Balloons- Volusion Style
Recently Volusion COO, Clay Olivier, spent some time visiting our Southern California location. Most employees were aware that his office in our Austin location would be empty for the week, but one employee was banking on it. This employee (who shall remain anonymous) bought 2,000 blue and yellow balloons in preparation. The plan: inflate all 2,000 balloons and fill Clay’s office before he returned. Monday the plan was revealed and balloons were distributed. As the week progressed collections of balloons began forming around the office as employees blew up balloons at their desks on breaks and lunches. We removed the ceiling tiles, positioned a ladder so that we could reach up and over the wall of his office and placed the balloons in Clay’s locked office one by one. By end of business day on Thursday the excitement was building but it was obvious that we would all have to pick up the pace on Friday if all 2,000 balloons were to be inflated before Clay returned. Thanks to a lot of hard work by a dedicated team of individuals who stayed after their shifts ended on Friday we had all the balloons blown up on schedule. It took about 50 employees, an air compressor, a hand pump, and a lot of lung power but we did it! It certainly was a sight to behold when we were finished! Check out the pictures below that chronicle our efforts!
Box of 2,000 blue and yellow balloons:
Blowing up balloons:
Some employees try to avoid the camera so they cannot be connected with the prank:
The office is getting full:
Clay sees the balloons!
The mess after they clear the balloons out of his office:
-Kate Pierce eCommerce Specialist
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4 Comments Add your own
1. Janet Eccles | May 28th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
LOL – looks like a lot of fun. I worked at one place where they did that, but it was with a single weather balloon (no I do not know where they got it). When it inflated, it was big enough to completely fill his very small office. Unfortunately, when he opened the door, it somehow punctured the balloon which immediately blew up and left a powder residue over everything! It took several days to clean up the mess.
2. casper | May 29th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
ohh that’s so cool. i love to have that kind of working place.it seems it’s very relaxing..and that’s great of surprising someone..lol
3. casper | May 29th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
ohh that’s so cool. i love to have that kind of working place.it seems it’s very relaxing..and that’s great of surprising someone..lol
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4. Kate | June 1st, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Haha!
Janet- that’s very funny. I bet it was prank none of you will ever forget!! As we were all … I mean my coworkers were all blowing up the balloons a few popped and when they did they were kind of spitty since more than half of them were blown up with our mouths. It got us to wondering- when they pop is spit going to splatter all over Clay’s office? By that point there was really no going back though so we just hoped for the best!
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