Jitterbug
02-11-2010, 07:45 AM
:shock:
Okay this one needed a new thred. Mostly because its somewhat comical. At the time I was suffering from anxiety, the word Agoraphobia I hadn't heard before. I left my stressful call center like computer support job to work at a local vacation resort... sounded relaxing... lol.
Well my friends the only thing stranger then fiction is truth, and my boss (who was a very cool guy despite having what I assume to be aspergers, which in my condition I just couldnt deal with after a while) planned a start of the year team building excercise.
I thought ok so it will be one of those things where we all sit around a campfire with funny hats or some such bs (after working for major corporations I realized just how insane some "team building" things can be.)
I arrived to see a large bus.
Oh shit.
Worse still, where we were going was a "Surprise" My ibs flared up and I stationed myself right next to the busses bathroom. So the trembling trip took 45 mins or so. "dear god why all this way for a bloody sing song " i asked myself. Then came the sign.
"Tidal bore rafting" ... i bolted to the bathroom. After the pain and cramps subsided and I was convinced that there were no more possible contents left in my digestive tract ... either end... I proceeded to pick up my "survival suit"
You see this region has the highest tides in the entire world and this particular river literally reverses flow every 6 hours... its no tame event.
Okay this one needed a new thred. Mostly because its somewhat comical. At the time I was suffering from anxiety, the word Agoraphobia I hadn't heard before. I left my stressful call center like computer support job to work at a local vacation resort... sounded relaxing... lol.
Well my friends the only thing stranger then fiction is truth, and my boss (who was a very cool guy despite having what I assume to be aspergers, which in my condition I just couldnt deal with after a while) planned a start of the year team building excercise.
I thought ok so it will be one of those things where we all sit around a campfire with funny hats or some such bs (after working for major corporations I realized just how insane some "team building" things can be.)
I arrived to see a large bus.
Oh shit.
Worse still, where we were going was a "Surprise" My ibs flared up and I stationed myself right next to the busses bathroom. So the trembling trip took 45 mins or so. "dear god why all this way for a bloody sing song " i asked myself. Then came the sign.
"Tidal bore rafting" ... i bolted to the bathroom. After the pain and cramps subsided and I was convinced that there were no more possible contents left in my digestive tract ... either end... I proceeded to pick up my "survival suit"
You see this region has the highest tides in the entire world and this particular river literally reverses flow every 6 hours... its no tame event.