Unbelievable Workplace Events

The usually staid, just-the-facts-mam approach to delivering business news and surveys at Challenger, Gray & Christmas erodes a bit in December with its compilation of the year's 10 Most Unbelievable Workplace Events. Naked file cabinet jumping in Newcastle, England (www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1795903,00.html), one man's daily commute of 370 miles (milwaukee.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2006/04/10/daily41.html) and employee spanking in California (www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2006/12/18/75145.htm) are among the eyecatchers for 2006. Our favorite? The decision by Northwest Airlines to issue a 165-page booklet in the face of layoffs, giving employees 101 suggestions about how to save money (www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&refer=home&sid=aih5zYtnoksU). Challenger has the full list of Events from 2005 on its Web site at www.challengergray.com/pressbox.aspx