There are always team-building competitions going on at work. Jim's team recently went to a park and one of the employees from South America cooked arapas for everyone. On Friday, Joanne's group had a Rogaine competition. A Rogaine competition has nothing to do with growing hair (although she would be a clear winner on that front), it is a combination of orienteering and a scavenger hunt (the name comes from probably three drunk friends trying to have some fun, coming up with a game and naming it after themselves...Robert, Gairy (?) and Neil, maybe).
The department was divided up into teams of three. They had 10 minutes to mark on a map the location of the items in 10 photos (some were easy, but it was hard to place the close-ups of sidewalks or a certain tile on a building), then they headed out and had one hour to complete a series of tasks. Some of the tasks involved going to specific places (the library to note the exact title of a certain search number) and some of the tasks involved wandering the CBD and looking for opportunities. The tasks had different points, from 5 to 15. 5 points were easy to get, 15 points involved more work. One task was to buy a copy of "The Big Issue", which is a magazine sold by people who are on the fringes of the economy. Another task was to ask someone to try on his/her vest. In the above photo, Joanne has talked The Big Issue agent into letting her put on his vest for a photo. There was discussion by the judges about awarding bonus points for efficiency in getting two tasks at once, but no luck. Since Joanne had no idea where to go to get things done, she was stuck with the embarrassing tasks, like doing the moonwalk in the 7/11 store (a video exists of this) and singing on the Queen St Mall (see the photo below).
The final results: out of four teams, Joanne's was tied for second. Next time they will argue for the bonus points!
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