BOO! Halloween at Rio Grande!
As you can imagine—and judging by some of the products we sell—we take Halloween pretty seriously around here. Entire departments join together to coordinate elaborate group themes, and you can’t throw a copper jump ring without getting a face full of cobwebs, jumped at by a warehouse associate dressed as a decomposing body, or tripping over a gigantic bowl of Reese’s Pieces (a personal favorite, luckily).
With that: Here are some favorites (and the Rio Halloween contest winners)!
The inclusion of this one will come as no surprise:
Tara’s boys, Nigel and Ollie, as jailbirds (jaildogs?)
Honorable mention goes to Print Marketing’s rock stars.
And the contest winners are...
FUNNIEST:
Duane’s Baby, napping in a hopper.
Sleep well, sweet prince.
SCARIEST:
Jaime’s Scarecrow and the rest of the super-creepy accounting team
In real life, she has a very nice smile.
Jaime and the rest of accounting, as Batman’s Rogues gallery!
MOST ORIGINAL:
Renee’s origami gypsy
in the bottom-left corner, you can see her paper fortune teller
BEST TEAM COSTUMES:
Customer care’s Cantina…OF THE DEAD!
Have a spooky night!
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