Team Building

Wow. Friday we had to go to a Go Kart Racetrack for team building. First off, we are no longer in middle school. Second off, when trying to build a team, why do you go to a competitive car racing venue, and have a contest who can win the race? And let me tell you, because salespeople are competitive by nature, we all took the racing semi serious, and IT DID NOT BUILD A TEAM. rather, it furthered some divisions in the team.

long story short, because my fingers are tired and my battery low, Barbie+all the male sales people got into it, humored Barbie for putting this together, and we all got in our cars. We all race at once, and it was semi fun. Those fuckers go fast, you could potentially get hurt, and to keep the race save and, to be honest, FAIR, you cant hit one another. Its not bumper cars, since you are going 25 MPH on an indoor track. This is also a rule, because it makes the race more competitive and fair. We all started the race, and again, long story short, FRAT hit both myself, and Jameson (who by the way have since reconciled our differences over lunch, and are back to the mentor/mentored relationship) to win the race. Now, i was going to let this go when we got out of our cars, but Boss1 comes up to us and starts telling Jameson (who was unreal car drver must say, he started in last, and even while following the rules and not hitting people, made it into first place, passing me putting me in second, then Frat hit my rear end, making me throw out my back, and then did the same to Jameson, to win the rce). Anyway, Boss1 mentioned this, and Jameson actually lost his shit. This was OBVIOUSLY venting about a deeper disliking for this loudmouth train wreck, but he let into him about cheating, and how "It is hilarious to see how Go Karts just showed everyones true character. Will here was competitive and going to be pissed if he didnt win, but we already knew that about his character. You, you would sell the shirt off your own mother to turn a profit."

So, when the award was given to Frat, there was no team being built. The lines drawn in the sand were ever deeper. It showed that he was in fact not a nice guy. It is too bad.

Note to any Bosses out there. Please dont make your employees do some stupid team building shit on a friday. Just give them the day off, that will make people MUCH happier.