Hat Day

Our administrator at work declared that Friday, October 4, 2013, was Hat Day. We work at a psychiatric prison, so she had to get permission from the warden, which was granted. We were invited to wear the hat of our favorite sports team. It had to be appropriate, in good condition, and we had to comply with removing our hates when we went through identification check points.

I did not have a hat for my favorite sports team, the truth be known, the New York Yankees http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nyy. I had considered getting one for them, but they did not made post league play.  And if you follow my blog, you know that I am also a Boston Red Sox http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=bos fan. 

Earlier this year, I saw several people wearing Boston Red Sox shirts, and I thought I should get one. I have also thought I wanted something that said "Boston Strong."  But I never acted on that. So, when Hat Day loomed, I decided to act.

I went to Cardinal Sports Center http://www.mycardinalssportcenter.com/. They found New York Yankee hats for me, but I stumbled upon the Boston Red Sox hats.  I would have purchased the New York Yankee hats, but since they did not make the post season play offs, it did not make sense for this year.  So, I did buy the Boston Red Sox hat.

I had more fun at work with my co-workers with the hat.  We compared teams, even if they were of different leagues, sports, or whatever. So we discussed college vs. professional teams. Local vs. national. And the various leagues in each sport.

I discovered that some of my coworkers are avid baseball fans, although they do not like the Boston Red Sox. I discovered that one of my coworkers, who likes the Texas Tech Lady Raiders, also likes the Boston Red Sox so much, that she travelled to Boston to go to Fenway Park for the the 100th anniversary.

I had a lot of fun with Hat Day.  I did let our administrator know how much fun it was for me. Morale builders are important, and for me, Hat Day was a morale builder.