It's Strangely Addictive

Over the past 2 months at the new job, Charlie, Jamie, Christie and I have developed a pattern of taking lunch together and sitting at the table closest to the TV in the break room. Since there are limited channels the TV has access to, we have settled on a routine of watching "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader" followed by "Deal Or No Deal". Now the fifth grader show is fun because we get to see if we can answer the question correctly and get to make fun of each other if someone goofs up. But it's Deal Or No Deal that really gets us riled up. I never really watched the show before and I'm not normally a person who watches game shows, but every day we sit and wait for this fun to begin.

There are several draws to the game.
1. You are either rooting for the contestant and excited to see how big the banker's offer gets or you are rooting against the contestant because they're stupid.
2. In the daytime version, models don't hold the other 20 briefcases. Instead they are held by 20 other potential contestants. These people are the real draw. Even though they didn't get chosen to play for the money they go absolutely nuts with excitement when they open a case. And apparently these guys are tested for their strong psychic abilities because before they even open the case they spend 3 minutes promising the contestant that they have the $10.

Oh man, it's so much fun to make fun of this whole process. Today we actually got so loud yelling at the TV and laughing that our boss heard us in the training room. Oops.