It was a rainy Tuesday afternoon. The five of them were alone in the conference room, trying organize that years team building event for the company. None of them wanted the job, or wanted to go to the team building in the first place, so who else would have been the best picks to ensure the fun time of everybody else? The main theme of the event has already been picked by some inspired executive, they just had make it happen. And the main theme was camping. Shivers ran down of everybody’s spine. 3 days in tents, with bugs, obnoxious people all around, but no hot water, no cell service and no way out. It was the stuff of nightmares. The executive who came up with was some new age, zen obsessed incompetent asshole, but he was some kind of relative to one of the higher ups, so he got a pass to be zero with a title. The only thing he was ever good at was making peoples life miserable. Not by malice, but by sheer stupidity, which one can argue, is worse. As such, the 5 people in the room had it particularly bad. That day, they had to come up with the activities that would build the team, and they were fresh out of ideas.

 “Why don’t we get legos?” said Jasper. “Those are fun, and can occupy everybody for hours.”

 “Like, what, put down some blankets on the ground, spill out a crate worth of parts for each group and let them have a go at it?” Cliff asked. “No fucking way! We will already have to deal with the bugs and the bush and all the discomforts of the outdoors, I don’t want to deal with one of he worst hazards of the indoors as well. Have you ever stepped on a lego? Those bricks can fuck you up!”

 “Only if you are not careful…” Jasper tried to deescalate.

 “Jasper, honey, have you seen our coworkers?” Jill intervened “Bill from accounting fells asleep every other day in full view, Janet from reception is always covered with cat hair top to bottom and the delivery guys that we have? Every week there is another dent or scratch or other damage on our vans. Careful is one thing they are reliably not. Besides, legos are too expensive. We would not get the budget for them. Even the camping gear we are getting is just one shade above second hand.”

 “But hey,” Cliff said, “ it was a nice idea man. I think I will buy some on my way home for the kids. But this company sucks…”

 Upon this conclusion, the team sat in silence for a minute or two, pondering on their current station and the people they surround theirselves with on a daily basis. They all gave their 2 weeks notice the next day.

 The camp team-building went ahead without them. In the company newsletter it was described as an unforgettable adventure. Bill from accounting got food poisoning, Janet from reception managed to get her ankle twisted, and the guys from delivery knocked over some hornets nest and got bitten all over.

 Also, on the second day of camping, it rained… all day long.