There are trophies and then there are awards. I draw a distinction between the two.
Evidently, so do some of the recipients.
One evening, I was having dinner at a restaurant. On the other side of a divider, a Bowling Team was having an awards dinner.
I couldn’t help but notice, when the people received their trophies, all were very excited, as they should be, but when the hoopla died down, they looked at the trophies, (which were all plastic, except for a marble base and stood about a foot tall) as if they were clearly underwhelmed.
One person’s trophy had a female bowling figure on top. No problem, except the recipient was a man!
Someone at the table said, “Who cares! Where will the trophy end up anyhow? Out in the garage, in a box, with your other trophies!”
Someone else said, “Maybe next year, we should nix the trophies and give cash.”
It was all I could do, not to interject.
I felt like walking over and saying, “Looks like you folks could use some real awards.”
My opinion is, if trophies are given to grown-ups, they should be made from quality materials, like onyx, crystal, exotic woods etc.
Size should be small enough, to where a person would actually display their trophy.
I say, reserve the tall glitzy, plastic trophies for kids.
David “The Stunt Engraver” Lavaneri
Engraving Etc. Forum
