Thanks to everyone who submitted their stories of interviews gone wrong for our last Share and Win! contest. From a flat-out rude interviewer who made one applicant cry to a job seeker who lost his lunch on a hiring manager’s lap, we had a great time reading each and every entry. But we do hope your future job interviews will be much less grueling. Now that the deadline has passed, it’s time to introduce a brand spanking new contest, so get your creative juices flowing: We want to hear about your quirkiest co-worker.

Does the guy in the stock room look like a body builder but collects unicorn figurines in his spare time? Does the girl who works the drive-thru build small houses out of condiment packets on her lunch break? Or maybe your retail manager has an imaginary friend named Phil who advises her on selling strategy. Send in your stories of the most peculiar person you’ve ever worked with, and you could win a $300 gift card to take them out to dinner and celebrate their uniqueness, or even buy them a vintage glass unicorn.

Here’s an example of what we’re looking for:

While working for a consumer electronics store, I had a co-worker, Jay, who prided himself on being EXTREME! He lived loud, dressed louder (think tight Hawaiian shirts) and scared away every woman within 30 yards of his awful Burt Reynolds’ mustache. One time he invited me out to lunch – and he wanted to drive. Jay’s ride was a lipstick red IROC-Z with a vanity license plate that read, “AWSOMMM.” But that wasn’t enough; Jay also had a matching mini rubber license plate keychain with the same inscription. After I triple-checked that my seatbelt was secure, Jay revved the engine and blasted some German techno music that would even make David Hasselhoff cringe. I thought once we hit 88 mph, we’d leap into the future, but instead we were just in a Burger King parking lot.

These people may be unusual, but they sure do make the workplace an interesting place to be. You can submit your story between now and 11:59 p.m. on July 31 for your chance to win. And while you’re at it, send funny ecards to those eccentric employees to let them know how much you appreciate everything they do.

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