As with everything, even something as simple as going to a work-related social gathering has it’s share of good and bad aspects.
When the work place in question is a small chain retail store belonging to a moderately sized but growing franchise this then has it’s own interesting set of factors going for it in both directions.
Positives:
- Getting to socialize with the co-workers outside of the normal air of “professionalism” which we apparently exhibit at work, at least in theory.
- Getting the chance utilize some competitiveness as of course any games such as say… volleyball, soccer and bowling will then bring about the necessary amount of competing and dare I say cheating from all involved.
- Getting to see the Manager demonstrate levels of cheating and ridiculousness which once and for all dispel all rumours that he is to be considered the responsible one. Truly we instead can ask, “how the hell are we working FOR this guy? Shouldn’t he be working for us?”
Positives and amusement aside there are of course some drawbacks.
Competitiveness can hurt. It does so especially when the turf in question is slick, thus making traction a luxury, which in turn makes sliding a common occurrence.
This would of course not be an issue unless of course some of the turf happens to have abrasive elements that can nicely scar up your forearm. I’m not saying they did… I’m just saying… ouch.
This is a relatively livable problem however; the forearm will heal soon enough. More pressing however is the plague of mosquitoes that are the bane of those foolish enough to choose a park that literally ends at Lake Ontario.
Seriously people, what the hell are you thinking? Tons of vegetation, an abundance of still water and obviously the ground itself is maintaining moisture if you can’t run more than a few steps without sliding. This impressive combination generally results in a fair number of our blood sucking friends taking shots at those foolish enough to tread on their terrain.
Overall it was good times nonetheless. Interestingly the success of this endeavor has prompted the powers that be to consider having another one in a month where the activity of choice could be paintball.
Without my making any direct references or inferences, consider for yourself the fact that these powers that be actually consider it a good idea to arm the employees with (albeit paint loaded) guns and proximity to their bosses.
Yes, this ladies and gentleman are the people who actually get paid to make decisions worth money, think about it.
