weightloss betting @ work?

Nana~ · August 12, 2006

It's been a few weeks since I quit my Summer job, but Something @ work keeps popping up in my head...

When I was working I worked on a production line of 10 females. A few skinny a few I dunno reg? lol and a few like me obese and a few bigger than me obese...

One day on of the girls decided to announce she was going to do a betting set up to see who could lose the most weight...

You had to give in 10.00 to enter and the rest was like any other weight loss challange..So many weeks to lose so many pounds, the one who lost the most wins the pot. $$$ if everyone donated it would be 100.00 just off our line, the work nurse was weighing everyone in etc.

I didn't join because I felt like they might think I had a cheating device :Banane27: and I didn't want to tell all them I had the band I don't know them...I didn't know if they could think I cheated to try or not... So I bowed out :lol:

Anything like this happen at your work? If so how did you handle it?

Also it must have really bugged me or why do I still think about it?!?

Nana~

Alexandra · August 13, 2006

Banded or not, I would have stayed far away from anything like this. I see why you're asking the question, though. IMO being banded would be deemed an "unfair advantage" if anyone found out, so I wouldn't enter such a contest unless everyone knew and had agreed in advance that it was OK.

TexasTerry · August 13, 2006

Several teachers at my school decided to do something like this for this school year. Were doing sort of a walk to heath. I told the coach, who is keeping tabs on the stats, that I would participate, but NOT take any prize. Yea, I told her why and she was cool with it. Most of the other teachers don't know.

Terry

Poodles · August 13, 2006

At my district they had a weekly weigh in and you put in a dollar. The person that lost the most that week got the money.

Worked well when a lot of people played...

Fauxnaif · August 15, 2006

My work did it too. And I didn't join because I felt I had an unfair advantage. I just told everyone I don't react well to competition. They said I would have won and I would have.