Team Building Activities: What NOT to do
This interesting little article from CNN describes how a 53-year-old plaintiff is seeking $1.2 million for allegedly being spanked at work. Yup, that's right. According to the article,
"Employees were paddled with rival companies' yard signs as part of a contest that pitted sales teams against each other, according to court documents. The winners poked fun at the losers, throwing pies at them, feeding them baby food, making them wear diapers and swatting their buttocks."
Apparently, attorneys for the company said the spankings were part of a voluntary program to build camaraderie and were not discriminatory because they were given to both male and female workers.
So, my only question is.... Who on earth thought of this idiotic team building activity?