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Fun with work
Jan. 20th, 2007 09:45 pmAt work, we have a division budget for morale events (sometimes called "team building events"). The management team discussed breaking up the budget among all the sub-teams and using it for small group events, or using the whole thing for a big, division-wide event. We opted for the big event.
On Wednesday, everyone in my division at work got on a bus. No one told us where we were going, but we had packed an overnight bag and dressed in layers (our only instructions). We were dropped off at the Giant's stadium in San Francisco, where we had a hotdog for lunch, then went on a short tour. We then watched a video, which was of one of the players starting to talk about the stadium, then stop suddenly and say, "But you don't care about the stadium. You want to know what you're doing today."
We went on a two day cross between a scavenger hunt and "The Amazing Race", which included travelling in small teams from the stadium to Fisherman's Wharf, where we then took a speedboat across the Bay to Pier 8, then a cable car to Chinatown (where we made fortune cookies in a fortune cookie shop), then walked to the top of Coit Tower, then went to our hotel. Along the way we took Polaroids of specific things, including the Transamerica building, the Fisherman's Wharf sign, and so on. Wednesday night, we had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe.
The next day we had breakfast at Boudin's (a famous sourdough bread company), then went to Yerba Buena Gardens and bowled, took the train down the peninsula to the Malibu Grand Prix, where we raced small race cars, then did a few other odds and ends before going back to our building at work. All along the way we had opportunities for each team to earn points by doing various things, and at the end, the team with the most points won. Two teams tied for first (my team came in sixth out of nine), and both teams got Zunes for prizes. (Our general manager was heard to whimper, "My budget...." when the tie was announced.) It was amazingly fun.
On Wednesday, everyone in my division at work got on a bus. No one told us where we were going, but we had packed an overnight bag and dressed in layers (our only instructions). We were dropped off at the Giant's stadium in San Francisco, where we had a hotdog for lunch, then went on a short tour. We then watched a video, which was of one of the players starting to talk about the stadium, then stop suddenly and say, "But you don't care about the stadium. You want to know what you're doing today."
We went on a two day cross between a scavenger hunt and "The Amazing Race", which included travelling in small teams from the stadium to Fisherman's Wharf, where we then took a speedboat across the Bay to Pier 8, then a cable car to Chinatown (where we made fortune cookies in a fortune cookie shop), then walked to the top of Coit Tower, then went to our hotel. Along the way we took Polaroids of specific things, including the Transamerica building, the Fisherman's Wharf sign, and so on. Wednesday night, we had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe.
The next day we had breakfast at Boudin's (a famous sourdough bread company), then went to Yerba Buena Gardens and bowled, took the train down the peninsula to the Malibu Grand Prix, where we raced small race cars, then did a few other odds and ends before going back to our building at work. All along the way we had opportunities for each team to earn points by doing various things, and at the end, the team with the most points won. Two teams tied for first (my team came in sixth out of nine), and both teams got Zunes for prizes. (Our general manager was heard to whimper, "My budget...." when the tie was announced.) It was amazingly fun.
