Posted on 06/16/2022 7:47:35 PM PDT by robowombat
25 Employees Injured After Walking Over Hot Coals in Team-Building Exercise Jose Martinez BYJOSE MARTINEZ Jose is a contributing writer for Complex Media. @ZayMarty
Jun 15, 2022
A team-building exercise in Switzerland did not work out as planned when 25 employees suffered burns after walking over a bed of coals that stretched several feet long, New York Post reports.
At least 10 ambulances arrived at a private event on the Au peninsula on Lake Zurich Tuesday night to provide medical treatment, with 13 people transported to a nearby hospital with severe injuries. Police have begun an investigation into the incident and gathered evidence from the site. It’s uncertain if the arrangement of the coals or the way the participants walked over them contributed to their injuries.
The Swiss news outlet Blick reports there were about 150 employees in attendance for the event hosted by the marketing company Goldbach. According to the Kleinreport.ch, Goldbach CEO Michi Frank acknowledged in an internal memo that several members sustained burns after taking part in a “voluntary” team activity. Frank claimed “appropriate preparation” was taken before the participants walked over the coals.
A spokesperson for Goldbach asserts “no one was forced” to participate in the activity.
Live Science points out a number of factors that come into play whenever you try to successfully execute firewalking. It’s important to pick the correct type of charcoal that burns away to gray ash instead of getting too hot, as well as pat down the coals in order to create a more flat surface.
A decade ago, 21 people suffered second and third-degree burns after walking over coals during an event hosted by motivational speaker Tony Robbins in San Jose.
Mind fog on name of show, meant The Office”.
But you surely knew that.
I have NEVER needed a job that badly.
I can understand the weight distribution while laying on a bed of nails. What I can’t understand is how you would get to the prone position, and how you would get up from it.
I’ve never been to one, but will admit to it being somewhat
confusing in that it seems to work at least part of the time.
I don’t get it, and I would not advise anyone to take part.
Risk your health just to show you can be a team player? And
if you don’t, does that mean you’re not qualified to work at
the place?
This is is what is called, “An unforced error.” There’s
nothing to gain, and if you do have problems, you had to
take part in it to become harmed.
No thanks. I’m with you on this.
A team of people with burnt feet?
Wonder about the people who tried this: Were they trannies of any flavor?
I had no idea about the science behind walking on coals.
Even with the ‘science’, I don’t suggest you try it.
You could always learn to charm cobras, after all ;-)
Welll, charm is not one of my strong traits.
Weird.
Weird.
Veeerrry carefully.
Animals don’t need ‘charm’ so much as simple understanding. The snake charmers have all sorts of clever secrets, largely based on knowledge of the animal’s habits and capabilities. (Except the ‘bad’ ones, who actually remove their fangs, etc.)
I agree with both of you. We need to take this country back.
Um...
Classic managerial team-building test. “There’s a bed of hot coals. There are your employees. If you can talk those idiots into walking over the coals, you’re hired.”
The world is full of dumbasses.
I tell my kids: 9 out of 10 people you see are blithering idiots, the last one may or may not be smarter than you. The trick iz to determine which is which beforectheir dumbassery causes you problems.
That was only the first part of the exercise. Now it’s 25 people, one hospital ward, one nurse, and only one bathroom that’s 100 yards from the nearest bed.
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