Would you strip off for a team building exercise?

[ivebeenhigh]

the guy that organised this a) is an NLP loon and b) former chairman of woking FC

 

[ivebeenhigh]

do you own the stationary cupboard too?

all cupboards are stationary

some contain stationEry

 

[cesare]

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.

They are leaving themselves vulnerable to claims of that sort though - hardly a conducive environment for job applicants whose faith requires modest dress.

Bloody stupid gimmick.

 

[miss minnie]

all cupboards are stationary

some contain stationEry

no no no, i was referring to a non-mobile storage solution ofc


/cough

 

[turing test]

Depends who my co-workers were. If for example I ran the cash register at a Victoria’s secret store, it would give me a lot less pause than if I repaired diesel engines at Lots of Lorries LTD.

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

Sure their all fun and games until it gets jammed in the filing cabinet.

 

[Badger Kitten]

Ugh, at sitting on chairs that have had naked sweaty co-workers arses on.

Yuk, as people bend over to pull the jammed paper out of the photocopier and reveal tampon strings or dangling scrotes.

The idea of a naked office fills me with utter horror and so do the muppets who signed up for this lame PR stunt.

 

[London_Calling]

It's like that weird Japanese shit.

 

[EastEnder]

It's like that weird Japanese shit.

Was that the white sort you don't see any more?

 

[kabbes]

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

This is exactly what ran through my mind too.

 

[Sadken]

Only if I could slap my dick in people's faces to build their confidence somehow, basically. And that was a guaranteed entitlement before anything came off.

 

[fogbat]

Only if I could slap my dick in people's faces to build their confidence somehow, basically. And that was a guaranteed entitlement before anything came off.

It's nice when one can turn a hobby into a job.

 

[Sadken]

God, if I could get paid for doing that I would be the happiest boy in the world. Somedays it's all I think about.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I work with someone who is a naturist...in the hot weather he sits behind his typewriter shirtless and I always think "Is it just his shirt he has taken off or...".

He once showed us some photos of one of the naturist holidays he goes on...small children were drawing smiley faces on his arse cheeks...it just wasn't right

 

[gnoriac]

when business psychologist David Taylor was brought in to boost team spirit...

No doubt at some ridiculous fee. Why is British business so fucked? They always blame "socialism" but the reality is the bosses are completely clueless.

 

[Sadken]

Seriously? They blame socialism? Really?

 

[laptop]

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"

This.

And that story isn't due until the official start of the Silly Season on 21 July

 

[kabbes]

For the official record: the "documentary" of this is Naked Office, on Virgin1, which I started a thread about today. This thread was linked from that one, so I'm just completing the circle.

 

[Sadken]

Cheers. I fancy La Roux.

 

[Fuchs66]

Prudes

 

[Roadkill]

No doubt at some ridiculous fee. Why is British business so fucked? They always blame "socialism" but the reality is the bosses are completely clueless.

There's a lot of truth in that IMO.

Would I strip for a 'team-building exercise?' Well, God forbid I ever have to go to a 'team-building exercise,' but if I did and was asked to strip the answer would be negative, short and rude.

 

[chainsaw cat]

Seriously? They blame socialism? Really?

I thought it was secularism?

 

[likesfish]

just call naked bar sorted

anyone for a game of speckles?

 

[johnnymarrsbars]

i'm currently doing some freelance photography work that involves working with children.

might give this idea a go and see how many new clients i get...

whadda you reckon?

 

[gentlegreen]

Would I strip for a 'team-building exercise?' Well, God forbid I ever have to go to a 'team-building exercise,' but if I did and was asked to strip the answer would be negative, short and rude.

I wouldn't break wind for a "team-building exercise" (well, no more than usual). Thankfully, such farces have only been inflicted on me twice in 30-odd years of working life.

With the state my body's in I try to keep it covered up at all times - the only time very much of it sees the light of day is when getting into the sea then getting out again - at which point I hide it under a towelling robe as quickly as possible.

/tobyjug

 

[miss minnie]

Lifeguards have been praised as heroes for saving 40 children and adults after a sandbank collapsed into the sea.

"The young people, aged 10-20, from Brynaman, Carmarthenshire, were on a team-building exercise and were walking backwards into the sea and singing."

I bet that boosted their confidence no end.

If you thought that was fun kids, next year we're going to pogo blindfolded on the rim of a live volcano whilst rapping!

 

[RubyBlue]

No, I wouldn't but tbh I think I have a better body then most of the blokes where I work - even the young 20 somethings seem to have a real belly - is that normal for office workers? Even the ones who profess to go to the gym and play tennis have a belly hanging over their trousers - I notice these things - it's what I do when in meetings

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

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?

Only if given a year's notice to lose, roughly, 4 stone first

And even then -

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

...If you thought that was fun kids, next year we're going to pogo blindfolded on the rim of a live volcano whilst rapping!

I don't quite get how walking backwards into the sea and singing was supposed to boost their confidence though.

 

[laptop]

I don't quite get how walking backwards into the sea and singing was supposed to boost their confidence though.

Trust game?


Conclusion: "Don't trust anyone who says 'let's do a team-building exercise'." A useful lesson

 

[kained&able]

Trust game?


Conclusion: "Don't trust anyone who says 'let's do a team-building exercise'." A useful lesson

unless it going to the pub or playing quazer or painball or some sort of assult course based thing.

All of the above are awesome.

dave