Just got home from team building today. Smthing like amazing race. All in all, I had a good time and my team won! Hahaha the reason why I wana blog abt this activity is because I felt so sad when foong told me what happened to her team.
The 1st clue, we have to run to tropical crops (an exhibit area) to find out the correct ans of some jumbled letters. With the correct ans, we have to go to Children’s world, playland to get out next clue. For those who have not been to zoo, children’s world playland is the furthest point from the entrance. My team was fast as I had 2 guys in my team. They ran pretty fast and motivated me and siti to run fast as well. Foong’s team is not so lucky. Her team is made up of:
· Foong
Team leader and I believed she is at least 90kg
· Yoon fong
Maybe around 70kg? goes to gym often. Wore sandals
· Sue
I believed she is bigger size than foong
· WJ
Warehouse manager who is >= 50 years old
They are called speedy wonder (SW). SW’s strategy is for foong to fetch her car while the rest of the team members go get the clue so that they can leave the zoo faster. Try imagine asking 2 ladies to run all the way to the tip of the zoo… they really cant make it. While sue is running towards tropical crops, she is oredi panting hard. She saw one of our dept intern (not involved in our team building) driving the buggy by. She asked her to give her a ride. Guess what? The intern actually rejected her saying: I cant, I have to go fetch Pauline. If she knows, she will scold me. Pauline is in the famous 5 team, whose team leader is our director! How can they summon someone not from their team to come with a buggy? I felt so sad when I heard this at the last checkpoint. The director who had set the rule that no one is allowed to drive a buggy around for non official or personal reason actually broke it. The intern, rejected someone who was having difficulties breathing just not to get scolding. What if sue faint? Given her size and her poor health, I wun be surprised if she did. In the end, sue took a long time to reach back entrance. While yoon fong walked bare footed as she cant run with her sandals. Foong felt heartbreak when she saw her team members working so hard which all she did was to fetch the car.
Nonetheless, they din turn out to be the last! In fact, the other director who took the buggy, left the zoo 1st, reach the 1st checkpoint turned out last.
Food for tots: would you leave smone in the lurch to save urself from scoldings? how you expect ppl to give u respect when u are breaking the rules u have set juz to win?
