Apparently trips to ND (and SD) are being given as "punishment" for failing to meet sales goals...interesting. I know ND and SD don't make people's socks roll up and down, but I don't exactly think this helps our reputation.
"FARGO, N.D. — There is an old saying in the sales business: Always be closing. Here is a new one: Always be freezing, if you do not sell enough.
The company that makes Hot Tamales candy offered its sales team an all-expenses-paid trip to Hawaii if it met its annual goals, and a trip to the nation's arctic tundra if it didn't.
The Just Born team did not meet its target and, on Tuesday, about two dozen salespeople gathered inside the 19-story Radisson hotel — the tallest building in this frozen city.
Outside, the temperature was 7 degrees. The ground had 2 feet of snow..."
Full Story:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40664462/ns/business-going_green/from/toolbarP.S. Sal: any winter/cold smileys? The closest thing I could find was Papa Smurf...with his hat and beardedness.