Pineapple Upset

Years ago I worked for Continental Oil Company. My first day there I stamped their return address on envelopes. Later I graduated to looking for duplicate accounts. Back in the late 60's credit card gas purchases were run through machines that embossed the card number and owner's name (and address!) on the credit card slip. Sometimes these slips were not very readable which led to confusion for everyone.

One day I came to work and discovered that all of our desks had been moved around. The long-timers referred to it as "pineapple upset". It seems that management thought that it was time to reorganize. There were no cubicles, just rows of big metal desks. When they reorganized, they just rearranged the desks.

I found my Gene B. Stookey award in a box with photos. It was for figuring out a very convoluted and duplicated account. It is just a piece of paper with the company logo pasted on and a few words given to me by my supervisor, but I have kept it for over thirty years! Kind words for a job well done are never forgotten.

(updated with the award!)