Scavenger Hunt

Yesterday I got to spend my day with other members of my department at work in downtown San Francisco participating in a scavenger hunt. They let us know about the event a month ago and when I told my kids, they decided I work for the coolest company ever. I have to admit it was a lot of fun and the organizers should be commended for creating a fun activity that helped to foster teamwork.

We all arrived at the office before 10am and then boarded buses to head to downtown San Francisco. Some of my coworkers were less enthusiastic about the event and planned on finding a bar where they could wait out the activity in relative comfort. However once we arrived at the starting point, everyone seemed to get into the event. We were given a list of about 50 clues and set loose on San Francisco. There was no way that we would be able to get everything in the 90 minutes and so some organization was required. To further complicate things, not all clues had equivalent point values.

My group ran to a hotel and got a map where we could locate where we believed all the clues to be. Those of us with smart phones used them to look up clues we weren't too sure about and put everything on the map. Then we started running around the city in a somewhat optimized manner taking pictures of the clues and e-mailing them into the referees for the event.

At first we stayed together because certain members of the group had to be in specific pictures. With only a half hour to go, we broke up into two groups and went after the high-point clues. Then we all congregated back at a restaurant for lunch. It was a lot of fun and I think I got my workout for the day.

This morning the referees are still tabulating the results. I think my team did pretty good but in the end it doesn't really matter. I got to spend a day running around San Francisco like a tourist. Furthermore I was paid to do it. I guess my kids are correct, I do work for a pretty cool company.