I'm not sure about my co-workers but I was having a debate with a drunk about whether or not the US economy would collapse by 2017. During an attempt to ridicule me in front of everyone for buying bitcoin he misspoke and said, "you still buy that bit-shares don't you?!". I'd never heard of BitShares, and neither had he, so I laughed and said, "you mean BitCOIN" and he acknowledged his error with a "whatever". Later that night I decided to do a search for bitshares just to see if something called "bitshares" existed. I immediately purchased some after reviewing. So I have a drunk to thank for getting me into BitShares!