Ball Park Franks. Be Big. Be Meaty. Be Frank.

Oh, yes. We had some sort of “agent appreciation” event here at the office, involving the wearing of Cubs shirts and the eating of hot dogs. The team leaders sent of their number – who happened to be male – to Costco to get the supplies.

No one thought to question the cost until at the end of the day, the number of unopened packages was totalled up. The men were told to purchase about 200 dogs, total. At Costco, they bought 5 cases. On the front of each case, it said “32” in large numerals. Below each numeral, it said in small letters “packages containing 8 franks.”

They thought “32 times 6 is 192. That’s about enough.” Yes, they bought 1536 hot dogs. The irony is that both work with math a lot.

Fortunately, the unopened packages can be returned.

The consensus of the team leaders: they will never send the men to the grocery store again.