| Let's get together | | | | the water! I absolutely loved it. Unfortunately can't |
| Every year we have at least one big team-building | | | | say the same for Ryno, he was more than happy to |
| adventure, where our entire company joins in, in a | | | | embark when we got back to the other boat. |
| day of fun. Because our company is still rather small, | | | | Lunch was ready when we got back on the boat, |
| it means that we can enjoy a bigger variety of | | | | although Ryno looked rather green around the edges |
| adventures, and this year we opted for a Cape | | | | and said he would just like a glass of water. The |
| Town boat charter adventure along the Cape | | | | food was divine, including some of the best cheeses |
| coastline. | | | | I've tasted in a while. We were chatting about work, |
| Ready, aim, shoot! | | | | mocking some people about the funny stuff they've |
| Our day was planned with a couple of activities for | | | | done during the past year (without being mean), and |
| the day, starting off with a boat based clay shoot. | | | | celebrating the fact that this has been our company's |
| I've never done clay shooting, but I thought "how | | | | most successful year yet. |
| difficult can it be, right?" Turns out, it is much harder | | | | Desert... |
| than I anticipated. We were separated into two | | | | Of course every meal should follow with a desert, |
| teams: at work it's usually the creatives and suits | | | | and today it was a doughnut, but this was no |
| (otherwise known as marketers) working in groups, | | | | ordinary doughnut. This was a large inflatable |
| but on this day it was creatives and marketers | | | | doughnut shaped rubber tube that was towed behind |
| working together against a team of a similar setup. | | | | our favourite High Speed Rubber Duck. Luckily the |
| There are some people just shouldn't be allowed to | | | | doughnut ride only happened an hour or so after our |
| handle a weapon and Lisa, our receptionist, is one of | | | | lunch; otherwise it might have turned out messier |
| them. After missing her clay target, Lisa swung the | | | | than it already was. Most of us ended up in the |
| shotgun around, holding it with only one hand, her | | | | water, me included. As the boat pulled away, my |
| finger still on the trigger. Now if it was a single shot | | | | feet went over my head and I hit the water like a |
| gun this would be ok, but it was a two shot | | | | sack of potatoes. Yes of course everybody laughed, |
| semi-automatic and Lisa fired a second shot, missing | | | | including me. You can't help but laugh, since it is quite |
| her teammate Craig, by mere millimetres and hitting | | | | a sight to see. The only two who managed to stay |
| the water bottle standing next to him instead. Craig | | | | on was Quinton and Derrick. How on earth they |
| wasn't the only one to get a massive fright as the | | | | managed that, I wouldn't know, but they seemed to |
| bottle exploded. Sadly, my team came second and | | | | know what they were doing. |
| although I could claim nothing more than to blame the | | | | Nobody got injured, except for the odd bruise here |
| wind for blowing our chances at winning this, I know | | | | and there, but nothing serious. Our team building day |
| that in all honesty it came down to the other team | | | | came to an end after the doughnut rides and we |
| being better shots, and not having Lisa on their team. | | | | continued on our way back to the V&A |
| Something a little faster he said... | | | | Waterfront where the Tigger2Charters base was. It |
| While unwinding on the boat, getting lunch ready and | | | | was a most successful team building day and a good |
| some of the guys' busy fishing, another boat joined | | | | example of how good our working relationships were. |
| us. This one is a little bit faster the skipper said. At | | | | It wasn't a case of just getting there, doing |
| speeds exceeding 120 km/ph, I would say that boat | | | | whatever needed to be done, but enjoying a few |
| was a lot more than a little faster. It was an | | | | laughs with friends. |
| exhilarating experience moving at such a pace over | | | | |