A boring team event

On 24th last month we went on a team outing.

The venue - Botanix Garden near Dumduma lake.
No of people - around 40
Weather - Hot and humid
Event theme - shaadi


Let me tell you the sequence of events. Before we proceeded towards the venue everyone assembled in the team area. A no of guys were called out in the centre to perform some act so as to woo the bride. The bride wasn't announced yet. A few names were called out and they were forced to perform. Once through with that the bride was announced. The entire team was divided into two parts - ladkiwala and ladkawala. The bride had to chose a groom which she did without much fuss - selecting the quietest guy of the lot. Then everyone proceeded to the venue in three cabs (two travera and one innova) and personal vehicles. The three cabs lost the way and ended up travelling through villgae and muddy rough roads before reaching the destination - some 1 hour late and 20+ kms extra. When people reached the venue the breakfast was ready and everyone jumped to it. There was cutlet (okay), sandwich (not worth mentioning), tea/coffee (the cup plates weren't so clean). Breakfast done the first event came up where in a scene was created where the ladkawalas have come to see the bride and family. The entire thing lasted about an hour with some people involved while others just standing there. As soon as it got over the guys rushed to play cricket and volleyball. They played for quite sometime which led to the girls getting bored and they finally came over to ask the guys to stop playing. Then lunch followed. Lunch was okay. Then the next event began which included sari contest for men. mehendi contest for men and pagdi contest for women followed by ladkawala versus ladkiwala. Then it was time for the DJ. And then the event was over with people heading back home.


My take on the entire event - writing about it so far has been more fun than the entire event. It was a total wastage of time for me. My reasons:
- No attempt was made to make everyone participate
- The theme was pretty strange I would say
- The food wasn't that good - in fact it was below average
- There was no drinks arrangement at the venue - it was done by the event team
- DJ in the open at 5:30 PM in summer

I would say it was a complete waste of the day for me. The venue no doubt was beautiful but was not suitable for summer daytime. Team events are either meant to be for fun or for getting the team together - but this was neither. There was no build up to the event. The event itself was so boring that people left 30 minutes before the scheduled end time.