Would you strip off for a team building exercise?

[AnnO'Neemus]

These people did.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-Office-workers-naked-boost-team-spirit.html

"A group of office staff have discovered they work better together when they are NAKED.

Workers at design and marketing company onebestway in Newcastle upon Tyne stripped off at the encouragement of their boss, who thought the move would boost business.

The ailing company had seen six redundancies since the start of the credit crunch when business psychologist David Taylor was brought in to boost team spirit..."



So, if your boss brought in some consultant and suggested you get your kit off in order to boost morale, would you?

 

[Pickman's model]

i don't work in an office and i don't want to speculate what it would do for customer relations.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

What you mean to say is, "would you strip off for a PR exercise to get the company you work for in the papers?"

"design and marketing company"

 

[the button]

Not only would I not do it, I'd claim to have a religious objection to nudity, and take the cunts for every penny they have.

 

[Wolveryeti]

What you mean to say is, "would you strip off for a PR exercise to get the company you work for in the papers?"

"design and marketing company"

Well spotted. It's like the Full Monty, but for real, and with cunts.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Looking at that photo, I wondered where the obese employee was, or the one with the withered leg.

I wouldn't take my clothes off to boost work morale. First of all, I'm not sure that me nude, would boost morale. Second, I'd tell a boss who told me to strip, to fuck off.

Third, lots of people are quite self conscious about their bodies, and expecting them to do something like that, would cause huge stress.

Work is important, but at some point, things like this become overly intrusive.


edited to add: also, I think that if some psychologist came in and suggested something like this, I'd suspect them of being a voyeuristic pervert with sadistic tendencies, and I'd tell him/her to fuck off, too.

 

[chainsaw cat]

I've got several colleagues I'd be interested in seeing naked.

2 or 3 because they are aesthetically pleasing, 2 out of a sick curiosity and one because I'm sure my cock is bigger than his and he would stop his constant alpha male crap.

So, yes.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I've got several colleagues I'd be interested in seeing naked.

2 or 3 because they are aesthetically pleasing, 2 out of a sick curiosity and one because I'm sure my cock is bigger than his and he would stop his constant alpha male crap.

So, yes.

But this could be like the 'nude beach dilemma', ie unwanted erections.

What would that do to morale?

 

[Badger Kitten]

This is a damaging blurring of work/personal boundaries. It's totally inappropriate for a work situation; work is not about engendering naked lof evels trust and intimacy. You should not ever be 'naked' at work, mentally, psychologically and you shouldn't be naked physically for those reasons.

PR stunt.

shit psychologist.

total fail

 

[chainsaw cat]

But this could be like the 'nude beach dilemma', ie unwanted erections.

What would that do to morale?

Wouldn't do mine any harm, I quite enjoy having an erection.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

This is a damaging blurring of work/personal boundaries. It's totally inappropriate for a work situation; work is not about engendering naked lof evels trust and intimacy. You should not ever be 'naked' at work, mentally, psychologically and you shouldn't be naked physically for those reasons.

PR stunt.

shit psychologist.

total fail

You've put what I was trying to get at, more succinctly and forcefully.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Wouldn't do mine any harm, I quite enjoy having an erection.

I kind of like it as well, but I always fought to keep one from happening, at a nude beach.

Taking a dump is enjoyable as well, but there is a time and a place...

 

[Badger Kitten]

oooh, cheers, Johnny, I thought you'd leap in and call me a prude

I have no objection to people baring their emotions, souls, or asses, but not at fucking work, ffs, it's utterly deranged, like dangling your cock in a piranha pool..

 

[MikeMcc]

Personally I don't give a damn, but I'm a bit of an exhibitionist! To try and force it on others is wrong though.

There's a program about this on Virgin 1 (thursday I think).

 

[Sootysoots]

I struggle enough to ensure my disability isn't the primary thing that people notice about me.

 

[miss minnie]

i'm waiting for the day when i can easily sue every fucking company that put me through a team-building exercise.

the day in a hotel building go-carts and culminating with the marimba band exercise that apparently inspired microsoft - where the managers sat on the sidelines clapping.

the paintball where my own line manager shot me after i had surrendered. (why did i not realise it was an omen)

then there was the "we're all one big family who blog together" shit that featured the surprise photographer who randomly popped up next to your desk. hot tip: pictures of employees with folios over their faces running out the door don't get published on the companies boat-happy blog.




not to mention the fucking office wii.



i played wii with them once and only once. clay pidgeon shooting. i won. by a huge margin. i was never asked to play again.


all those hours playing unreal two towers in sniper position payed off.

 

[Kanda]

Does fucking team members count?

 

[Kameron]

What you mean to say is, "would you strip off for a PR exercise to get the company you work for in the papers?"

"design and marketing company"

I don't know about for the papers and I think it wouldn't work as a day to day thing, I don't think I could work like that, it would be uncomfortable but the nakedness I've got no issue with. If anyone else will do it so will I.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

i'm waiting for the day when i can easily sue every fucking company that put me through a team-building exercise.

the day in a hotel building go-carts and culminating with the marimba band exercise that apparently inspired microsoft - where the managers sat on the sidelines clapping.

the paintball where my own line manager shot me after i had surrendered. (why did i not realise it was an omen)

then there was the "we're all one big family who blog together" shit that featured the surprise photographer who randomly popped up next to your desk. hot tip: pictures of employees with folios over their faces running out the door don't get published on the companies boat-happy blog.




not to mention the fucking office wii.



i played wii with them once and only once. clay pidgeon shooting. i won. by a huge margin. i was never asked to play again.


all those hours playing unreal two towers in sniper position payed off.

I worked for a place once that had a day of paintball as a 'teambuilding exercise'. The main thing I remember, is the crying secretaries. It didn't seem to me that this was helping them to become better members of the team.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I foresee another problem. My chair is some sort of either leather, or fake leather. Sometimes, it's hot in here in summer. If I was naked, I'd stick to the chair, or leave sweat on it, that I'd then have to re-sit in. I don't like the sound of that. Better to have cloth between me and the sticky seat.

Also, staples on the floor etc. Are you naked except for shoes?

 

[Kameron]

Not only would I not do it, I'd claim to have a religious objection to nudity, and take the cunts for every penny they have.

I think I'd really hate working in an office with this sort of attitude. It isn't the objection to nudity just way in which it is phrased, it must be a barrel of laughs in your office.

 

[killer b]

my mate's just started working at virgin media - they have enforced 'fun days' once a month, where you get to play rounders, do sudoku and whatnot. but you can't sneak off to the pub. fuckers.

 

[untethered]

The best team building exercise is sitting them down and actually getting them to do some work.

 

[miss minnie]

I foresee another problem. My chair is some sort of either leather, or fake leather. Sometimes, it's hot in here in summer. If I was naked, I'd stick to the chair, or leave sweat on it, that I'd then have to re-sit in. I don't like the sound of that. Better to have cloth between me and the sticky seat.

Also, staples on the floor etc. Are you naked except for shoes?

there is a raft of health and safety issues that have not been considered.

might be worth taking part just so you can sue the fuckers.

 

[Kameron]

Does fucking team members count?

You know it isn't your desk till you've fucked someone over it, until then it is just where you work.

 

[miss minnie]

You know it isn't your desk till you've fucked someone over it, until then it is just where you work.

do you own the stationary cupboard too?

 

[Kameron]

Na, not really my domain, server room though.

 

[chainsaw cat]

Does fucking team members count?

You are a very naughty boy and I'm glad I don't work in your office.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

You are a very naughty boy and I'm glad I don't work in your office.

I suspect but can't be sure that you aren't his type.

 

[chainsaw cat]

You know it isn't your desk till you've fucked someone over it, until then it is just where you work.

This is profoundly true. Take note, office workers of Urban.

And PM me for my 'Fuck-at-Work.com' service, brochure on request. Narrow client acceptance rules are in force.

What Killer b said: they decide the fun... if you say 'wouldn't it be fun to just, like, go the pub?' they say 'no'. This is a good indicator that the bosses are teetotal virgins and need to be destroyed.