Training Day
Lynnhaven Marine's 8th Annual Employee Training Day
Training day for 2010 was designed to be laid back and low key this year. In fact, we almost didn't have one at all. It also signified an end. An end to small, easy and less embarrassing training days. Our esteemed leader/owner announced at breakfast that morning that this would be the last training day like this and that next year would mark the return of the elaborate, costumed, singing, dancing and crazy training days we had come to fear and enjoy in the past. 2011 is going to be big.
With that in mind, we all set out to enjoy this last "easy" day. It started with breakfast at Citrus, a local restaurant near Lynnhaven Marine. We didn't sit with our teams, but all together surrounded by pictures of training days past and reflecting on our most embarrassing moments. Toward the end of our meal, Mr. Guthrie got up and started talking to us about the future of the marina, our achievements this year and asked for any ideas we could come up with to improve. We sat around talking for nearly two hours.
After breakfast was over, we set out to American Indoor Karting. This is where our teamwork was going to count. We raced in sporadic groups in no particular order, but at the end of afternoon each person's best time was averaged in with their teams and the team with the lowest average won. That team won money, along with the fastest and the slowest racers of the day. Yours truly won the slowest driver award. As a young adult in my 20's, you can imagine it was a blow to my self esteem, but I happily pocketed the money nonetheless.
Early afternoon brought us to Bayville Farms for some lunch in the picnic areas where we were informed as we ingested greasy pizza that we would be immediately diving into some games of kickball. Hoping to not lose our lunch, we were divided into teams and went right to it. It's amazing how playing a game you played as children brings out the taunting, competitive child in you. Most of us took it pretty seriously, for there was money to be won. In the end he awarded prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Sorry 4th place team!
All in all, it was an amazingly fun day. We won some money, ate some good food, had a blast go karting, hurt ourselves playing kickball and all came away with it with pretty much the same idea in our heads. We're lucky to work where we work and to have the co-workers we have. At the end of the day we're a pretty awesome team. Oh, and our esteemed leader isn't so bad himself. Thanks for everything, Chuck!
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