staff meeting and execution

This was the subject line of an e-mail my editorial director sent out to the staff last week. The execution happened yesterday. We thought me might not survive it. We decided that those who did survive most surely deserved lunch with margaritas.

To stay the execution, we tried to prepare. We poured through the September and October issues, looking for errors, looking for ways to improve. In the staff meeting, we were drilled, we were quizzed, and we were awarded prizes? Huh? Where's the execution? To our surprise, we all survived. And my margarita at lunch sure tasted good.