HR prizes (or not)

We had a supervisor's training meeting.
As part of the 2 day meeting they devised a contest.
Now, this is a group of supervisors.
Fairly competitive group.
HR goes on and on about the final mystery prize.

Contest ends.
I win.
The prize?
Oh, no prize.
It was just an incentive.
No need for a real prize.

HR, that bastion of proper relations, figured the only way to get supervisors to participate in the class was to lie to them.
Know what happened when someone lied to HR?
They got fired.

HR. Gotta love 'em.