Every year we have at least one big team-building
adventure, where our entire company joins in, in a day of fun. Because our
company is still rather small, it means that we can enjoy a bigger variety of
adventures, and this year we opted for a
Ready,
aim, shoot!
Our day was planned with a couple of activities for
the day, starting off with a boat based clay shoot. I’ve never done clay
shooting, but I thought “how difficult can it be, right?” Turns out, it is much
harder than I anticipated. We were separated into two teams: at work it’s
usually the creatives and suits (otherwise known as marketers) working in
groups, but on this day it was creatives and marketers working together against
a team of a similar setup.
There are some people just shouldn’t be allowed to
handle a weapon and Lisa, our receptionist, is one of them. After missing her
clay target, Lisa swung the shotgun around, holding it with only one hand, her finger
still on the trigger. Now if it was a single shot gun this would be ok, but it
was a two shot semi-automatic and Lisa fired a second shot, missing her
teammate Craig, by mere millimetres and hitting the water bottle standing next
to him instead. Craig wasn’t the only one to get a massive fright as the bottle
exploded. Sadly, my team came second
and although I could claim nothing more than to blame the wind for blowing our
chances at winning this, I know that in all honesty it came down to the other
team being better shots, and not having Lisa on their team.
Something
a little faster he said...
While unwinding on the boat, getting lunch ready and
some of the guys’ busy fishing, another boat joined us. This one is a little
bit faster the skipper said. At speeds exceeding 120 km/ph, I would say that boat
was a lot more than a little faster. It was an exhilarating experience moving
at such a pace over the water! I absolutely loved it. Unfortunately can’t say
the same for Ryno, he was more than happy to embark when we got back to the
other boat.
Lunch was ready when we got back on the boat, although
Ryno looked rather green around the edges and said he would just like a glass
of water. The food was divine, including some of the best cheeses I’ve tasted
in a while. We were chatting about work, mocking some people about the funny
stuff they’ve done during the past year (without being mean), and celebrating
the fact that this has been our company’s most successful year yet.
Desert...
Of course every meal should follow with a desert, and
today it was a doughnut, but this was no ordinary doughnut. This was a large
inflatable doughnut shaped rubber tube that was towed behind our favourite High
Speed Rubber Duck. Luckily the doughnut ride only happened an hour or so after
our lunch; otherwise it might have turned out messier than it already was. Most
of us ended up in the water, me included. As the boat pulled away, my feet went
over my head and I hit the water like a sack of potatoes. Yes of course
everybody laughed, including me. You can’t help but laugh, since it is quite a
sight to see. The only two who managed to stay on was Quinton and Derrick. How
on earth they managed that, I wouldn’t know, but they seemed to know what they
were doing.
Nobody got injured, except for the odd bruise here and
there, but nothing serious. Our team building day came to an end after the
doughnut rides and we continued on our way back to the V&A Waterfront where
the Tigger2Charters base was. It was a most successful team building day and a
good example of how good our working relationships were. It wasn’t a case of
just getting there, doing whatever needed to be done, but enjoying a few laughs
with friends.
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