Is it just me or does this look great for a 2nd grade class.

We do it at my company/in my team. It's OK, come on, it's not that bad.

It's also a way for our team to get together and talk BS, have a little bit of fun etc.

It sort of betrays how people think of tech nerds. :)

It depends on your team.

I have teams that respond well to it. People like me, who work in metaphors and abstractions, respond well to it.

Get on the call and suck your thumb to fit in.

... that's usually the people that try to bring this stuff in...

As a former engineer who used to deal with the bone-crushing tedium of fundamentalist Scrum, I have enough empathy for my team to not force this crap on them. I keep the process light, communicate a lot, and treat them like adults.

> I keep the process light, communicate a lot, and treat them like adults.

That sounds like fundamentalist Scrum.