I have been on many staff retreats, and they've all been excruciating wastes of time.
Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.
Lorne ,'Time Bomb'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Ginger - Sep 20, 2012 4:25:16 pm PDT #20506 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
DebetEsse - Sep 20, 2012 4:28:40 pm PDT #20507 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Enforced "fun" almost never is.
JenP - Sep 20, 2012 4:38:33 pm PDT #20508 of 30001
My RA staff retreats in college were super fun. Which... not surprising, really. On the other hand, I did not enjoy the Outward Bound-type thing we did in the pouring rain all day with the entire group of RAs. Except for the zip wire. That was fun.
I don't think I've ever done an office retreat in business life. Just day-long HR touchy-feely stuff. Some of it was enlightening, but there were no rocks involved a la Allyson's experience.
Polter-Cow - Sep 20, 2012 4:44:57 pm PDT #20509 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Enforced "fun" almost never is.
Previous retreats have included bocce ball and a scavenger/puzzle hunt around the Union Square area.
le nubian - Sep 20, 2012 4:45:12 pm PDT #20510 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
The main question I have: does the retreat involve "trust exercises?"
Next: if the retreat is more than 3 hours - WHY?
Polter-Cow - Sep 20, 2012 4:46:18 pm PDT #20511 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ours usually last a day or two.
le nubian - Sep 20, 2012 5:10:28 pm PDT #20512 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
WHAT THE FUCK.
oh stop it. you are telling stories.
I barely last through an 8 hour retreat. If there was a day 2 I would lose my entire shit.
billytea - Sep 20, 2012 5:23:29 pm PDT #20513 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Sounds like Ryan has "fifth disease"
I don't think it was that. Seems one of the key symptoms is red cheeks, and he didn't have that (that was one of the things the nurse checked for when diagnosing). He was sick over the weekend with a cold and a fever, they seem to think the viral infection got onto his skin (apparently they do that).
Anyway, it didn't bother him at all (not even itchy) and they're disappearing now, so it's all good.
DavidS - Sep 20, 2012 5:38:05 pm PDT #20514 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My RA staff retreats in college were super fun.
I was gonna say! I really enjoyed my RA staff retreat before the school year that I was an RA. But then RA's were generally a fairly cool bunch to start with.
Ginger - Sep 20, 2012 5:40:35 pm PDT #20515 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
If there was a day 2 I would lose my entire shit.
Yeah, there's nothing like two full days with people you don't like and can't trust.