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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Teambuilding and other fun

It's ironic how much trouble I have with team building exercises...I mean, it's not like I'm shy..and I worked as a corporate teambuilding leader on and off for about 3 years...but all my new coordinator had to do was say "For Friday's department meeting, please think of an object that describes your personality."  I've spent since Monday when I received the email obsessing over what I am going to  say...At one point I thought about saying, "A pencil, because I'm sharp"...but then I though, "oh, no, what if she just asks us to tell the object, but not why and our co-workers (or her?) have to guess why...and what if they think it's because I'm easily manipulated...?"  See what I mean...this is stressing me out...  So I went to my old (new?) resource...Facebook, of course.  As I giggled at  my friends responses (cat, magic 8 ball, icosahedron, contrarian...) we touched on many subjects...the homemade, quilted seat cushions of my parents' 1978 Volare Station Wagon, my brother's fear of mashed potatoes, Canasta, my childhood cat's carrier (made of refrigerator shelves), cat hairballs, whether or not I hide under furniture due to lack of socialization as a child (hiding under furniture likely, but not due to lack of socialization).  I still have no idea what I am going to say when we do the activity in our staff meeting...but at least I had a good 10 minutes of laughing hysterically....

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