Guest Low Roller Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Somebody please save me.... We're having a Mandatory Afternoon of Fun at work today where we are split into teams, and we have to compete in a bunch of stupid games to promote company spirit. All this "fun" will probably drive me over the edge.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 "Why, I outa....." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Could you fake an injury? Or, if it's really bad, actually injure yourself?Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Zimmy Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 drink? I have organic pot cookies in my desk could spare a few for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 drink? I have organic pot cookies in my desk could spare a few for you How fast can you make it out to Kanata? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 One approach would be to act in such a way as to make sure your team loses, and be open about it. As justification for your (in)actions, claim that you're promoting the team-self-esteem of the other teams by making sure they don't lose; in essence, your self-sacrifice is for the benefit of others. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Zimmy Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Umm, I'm at Metcalfe and Laurier, Downtown, sorry! want me to send a courier lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Oh boy! I'm on team WHITE! Today everybody got a scale model toy car with a sticker of the company logo on it as a thank you for our hard work and dedication in making this past year the most profitable in company history... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 In Taiwan employees often do calisthenics together every morning. My friend lived above an Audi dealership, and so many times we were coming home after a long night and had to shuffle by 25 people on the sidewalk uneagerly doing jumping jacks together at 8am. Seemed very concentration camp-ish. Kinda like the sing-song stuff at Lick's, which I've always found creepy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakis Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Haha...at Best Buy, employees are required to gather in a big circle at open and at close and do supposedly "fun" things like jumping jacks, singing and cheering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Oh man, sounds like I got outta there just in time! What exciting new activities will the forward-thinking upper management think of? Toy cars? Awesome! Sounds like the time they sent all of their top customers coat hangers for Christmas... Keep fighting the good fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kung Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 yeah except the Licks thing seems more like a negro chain gang than a concentration camp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Dude, I'm sorry to hear that. I feel your pain, that shit sucks ass! I'm on the hook for our june team building activity :: That shit is whack yo! Just let me do my work so I can get outta there and have fun dammit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 aww.. i used to like the singing at lick's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 One approach would be to act in such a way as to make sure your team loses, and be open about it. Let me alter that suggestion by not being open about it. Be the MOLE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Well everything seems to have a car theme to it for some odd reason since our company has nothing to do with cars... To the best of my knowledge activities will include: - A car drawing contest - A remote control car race - A LEGO car building contest - A car arcade game race - some other car related shit How old are we again? Fuck. I'm ready to get into MY CAR and get out of dodge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Oh, and the lunch that was provided SUCKED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 I bet it did, one always gets screwed at drive-through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phunky Cauldron Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Maybe there's a point to all the car-related activities. Any chance they'll do a car give-away/draw at the end of the day on account of the most profitable year in company history? Who knows...you could be a winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blurry Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 aww.. i used to like the singing at lick's... I still do :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Update: Well we just did a ten minute "How many laps can you run while dragging a person in a cheap plastic toy car behind you?" enduro-race RIGHT AFTER EATING. Excuse me while I go throw up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 that sounds like alot of fun, just think of it as your getting payed to pay around all day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Oh man, this is rich. Keep the updates coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 I am writing this message in hope that somebody will find it and deliver me from my torment. I don't have very much time as my captors will soon find me. I have been forced into unwilling participation in an afternoon of mandatory corporate-approved fun. I am experiencing horrors that will surely stay with me for years to come. I was forced to eat vile food and then made to run laps while dragging other unwilling collegues in cheap plastic cars. I did not feel safe at any point of this futile exercise. I feel nauseous from the food, the running, or a combination of both. Then we had to race remote control monster trucks. Alright, that was kinda fun. But after that we were forced into drawing a car of our own design with chalks whose dust is still slowly choking me as we speak... I may or may not have developed an allergic reaction to said chalk. We have a couple more car-related "events" to do, and then we are being shipped off to some meeting place like cattle to listen to our CEO speak. Some members of my team have wisely fled the premises, but I was warned by senior management to stay the course and that they will be watching me, as they feel I am a "potential runaway"... It's kind of like being labeled a "potential terrorist"... I hope that my message will reach someone, and they will notify the proper authorities of the cruel and unusual punishment I am being forced to endure while our clients hopelessly try to reach us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 *sniff, sniff* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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