I encourage my children to participate in sports whenever
the opportunity arises. I don’t have
them in hockey lessons because I think they will someday be in the NHL or
because I am hoping for a college scholarship. I have them do it because I want them to be a
little more athletic than I am. If
someone wants to start a pick-up game of some sport, I would like them to be
able to join in without all kind of fear of not knowing the rules or not having
any athleticism.
They need all the help they can get, because they come from
a long line of brains over brawn. You
will be shocked to know, that I am not very athletic. If they are lucky, they will get their father’s
athletic build, but even at 6’3” the height of his athletic endeavors was 7th
grade football and adult beer league hockey.
In general, I know that I will very seldom win any sort of
game or sport, but many of them I can have fun and participate in. It has taken me a lifetime to acquire these
skills, but if someone asks me to tag along on the following activities, I am
in.
- Volleyball
- Badminton
- Ping pong
- Bowling
- Frisbee
- Pool
I was thinking of these the other day because most of these
these are the types of activities I have experienced as part of team building
activities at the office. I will never
win at one of these activities, but I can at least have fun, hold my own, and
participate. Unfortunately, it is
currently golf season. No one has asked
me to golf, but there are some groups of coworkers that have gone out golfing
together. I think that is a great way to
bond and network. Those sorts of
relationships are how you get to be a big wig.
But, alas, that will never happen for me.
I think if I ever went golfing with big wigs I would get
demoted. I can’t even hit the ball off
the tee. How many times would they let
me try before they got tired of waiting for me?
I would have to volunteer to drive the cart, and then they would double
hate me because driving the cart is the best part.
I was telling this to one of the fellas, and he suggested
that not knowing is ok, because that allows the big wig to give you golfing
tips and feel like a really good golfer.
I don’t think that is the way it works for women. Every movie or tv show I have seen with women
learning to golf involves a man coming over and putting his arms around her to
help her with her grip. I told this to
the fella and he assured me that is not how it works when men go golfing
together. Sure, it isn’t. I don’t blame them. That is a HILARIOUS move. In fact, if I ever play pool with anyone, I can’t
help but cuddle up behind everyone and try to help them with their shot.
In conclusion, a career tip for me is to not try to team
build at work by either playing golf or playing pool. Each of these would lead to inappropriate
cuddling. Therefore, I will stay with my
amazing skills at volleyball and ping pong.
Maybe someday I will even join the ping pong league at the office. There is very little cuddling in ping pong.
