Deleted Member 1643
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Totally failed team-building. Had the one where clues are locked in crappy boxes, so whipped out a phillips screwdriver. Did not go over well with anybody. Be a team player, don't think outside the boxes. 
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Stevenski
Enter the Dragon
Doing an escape room with senior management opened my eyes to just how fucking dumb a lot of execs are. I don't mean book smart I mean critical thinking under pressure in a "crisis". So much fucking indecision it was scary with a "these cunts are running the show kind of terror flowing through my veins".
Abysmal Vapor
Supersniffer 2000 - robot fart detection device
Few years back,i was at this job and we were having this team building for first time.. and some idiot decided that paintball would be best for 5 men and 15 women most of them in their forties.. It all went fuckin south when this auntie decides to take her protector off to smoke a cigarette and some other auntie shoots her in the jaw from 2 meters ,it all ended with a trip to E.R and displaced jaw.. Women are cruel or maybe it was just a payback owed ,who knows..I am not really a team guy,i am so glad i dont have to do stupid teambuildings anymore.
I don't mind working in a team (sometimes ... well maybe occasionally) as long as the members of said team aren't complete fucking idiots (usually too much to ask)
I am not really a team guy,i am so glad i dont have to do stupid teambuildings anymore.
Doktor Dub
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Totally failed team-building. Had the one where clues are locked in crappy boxes, so whipped out a phillips screwdriver. Did not go over well with anybody. Be a team player, don't think outside the boxes.
If i m ever in serious Trouble, i want the Man with the Screwdriver in my Team. Definetly!
Squiby
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Yeah, exactly @Doktor Dub in a real life situation @Accept would be hailed a hero for his MacGyver like skills and foresight to carry tools on his person.
I have been involved in dozens of team building exercises over the years and I have discovered that:
1. This is not the secret sauce that builds teams.
2. For all practical purposes, some people are incredibly dense.
crawdad
floatin
i dont mind fucking idiots but what is hard to work with is a group of "i want to be the leader" types. i wonder if the screwdriver suggestion would of been more accepted if the right team member suggested it first.
Deleted Member 1643
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Thanks for the support, all! When everybody else started talking about the problem, seemed like a perfect opportunity to solve it. Felt so out of place - missed the point entirely. Will suggest paintball next year. Do they have snipers in paintball? 
Stevenski
Enter the Dragon
Just had flashbacks to a paintball team building exercise from years ago @Abysmal Vapor. The "old" lady from accounts (who was mid 40's) joined us & we got a few rounds in before my mate shot her twice in the forehead dead centre. She left the field & I saw her holding an ice pack to her head sitting on a step. When she lifted her head there was an oozing golf ball size lump with a inch long split in it. Fucking horrendous looking & she had to have a few days off work. Tough enough to be able to laugh about it afterwards.
The worst thing is when you get a group of management people & everyone is hesitant to "step up" or offer opinions. Rather then be proactive it is cover up & hope someone fucks up so it can be highlighted down the line etc etc. Fuck that & fuck them. So glad I am out of corporate land these days. So fucking glad.
The worst thing is when you get a group of management people & everyone is hesitant to "step up" or offer opinions. Rather then be proactive it is cover up & hope someone fucks up so it can be highlighted down the line etc etc. Fuck that & fuck them. So glad I am out of corporate land these days. So fucking glad.
I was in a few of those back in the day; they seldom ended well, lol. I am an outlier in both IQ and Abby Normal psychology.
The thing to keep in mind is that they are really NOT about team building. It is all passive aggressive social dominance. Figure out who in your group upper management likes and subtly back them and keep them from entirely screwing the pooch.
The thing to keep in mind is that they are really NOT about team building. It is all passive aggressive social dominance. Figure out who in your group upper management likes and subtly back them and keep them from entirely screwing the pooch.