j-bird
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So over the holiday weekend the company my son works for had their "employee appreciation" event. Now to protect the names of the innocent and well...maybe even not so smart... I can't go into a lot of detail. All I will say is that for all the PC talk and corporate america policies and the like...events like this make me proud to be an american. Also before anybody looses their minds, everyone was of age and the kids all had their hearing protection on...I don't recall even seeing a beer until the guns got put a way.
So we get there...they have the grill going making burgers and hotdogs and the smaller kids are having a blast in the bouncy house! Inside they had a basketball goal for the kids and what in this area we call "corn hole" game set up. The big kids...are out under the tent (it was a light but steady rain all day)...shooting trap! We went thru 9 cases of "brids" and we estimated we went thru a collective 1,000+ rounds of ammo! We played a game they called "knockout"...where the first shooter called "pull" and had the first shot. The second shooter had the second shot and if they hit any part of what was left they "knocked out" the first shooter. And we just advanced thru a line. Good time and lots of fun. Oh....and the flamingo didn't fare to well buy the end of the night either!
We took a break and ate and they had there company raffle. All employees got a ticket... Yep...3 shot guns, various tools, booze and gift cards... These are company raffle items I can get into! I asked the owner if they had any need for an Engineer!!! When they pulled my boys name I told him he screwed up and should have taken the little excavator! Boss said that wasn't "ON the table", but everybody got a good laugh!
After we ate and the prizes got dispersed, back outside for some more shooting! Some of the kids got involved and was shooting a 410 at birds we had tossed out onto the side of a dirt pile.
Once all the birds had been tossed - we cleaned up all the spent shells and went to pick up any unbusted birds. The kids liked stepping on the foot pedal of the mechanical thrower and a few guys decided to try to catch some birds... "Adult" supervision at that point was up for interpretation...18 years old...check...."Adult"...maybe not so much! We SO wanted to see these clowns "eat it" as they was out they making fools of themselves, but they never did....and they did manage to catch a few.
I work for a huge corporation and I can't imagine the heart-attacks that would have happened if something like this was ever even attempted! The pile of paperwork alone just for the pigeon tosser would have been huge! You want a gun ....and to shoot it....on company property??? I think the safety director just passed out!
So we get there...they have the grill going making burgers and hotdogs and the smaller kids are having a blast in the bouncy house! Inside they had a basketball goal for the kids and what in this area we call "corn hole" game set up. The big kids...are out under the tent (it was a light but steady rain all day)...shooting trap! We went thru 9 cases of "brids" and we estimated we went thru a collective 1,000+ rounds of ammo! We played a game they called "knockout"...where the first shooter called "pull" and had the first shot. The second shooter had the second shot and if they hit any part of what was left they "knocked out" the first shooter. And we just advanced thru a line. Good time and lots of fun. Oh....and the flamingo didn't fare to well buy the end of the night either!
We took a break and ate and they had there company raffle. All employees got a ticket... Yep...3 shot guns, various tools, booze and gift cards... These are company raffle items I can get into! I asked the owner if they had any need for an Engineer!!! When they pulled my boys name I told him he screwed up and should have taken the little excavator! Boss said that wasn't "ON the table", but everybody got a good laugh!
After we ate and the prizes got dispersed, back outside for some more shooting! Some of the kids got involved and was shooting a 410 at birds we had tossed out onto the side of a dirt pile.
Once all the birds had been tossed - we cleaned up all the spent shells and went to pick up any unbusted birds. The kids liked stepping on the foot pedal of the mechanical thrower and a few guys decided to try to catch some birds... "Adult" supervision at that point was up for interpretation...18 years old...check...."Adult"...maybe not so much! We SO wanted to see these clowns "eat it" as they was out they making fools of themselves, but they never did....and they did manage to catch a few.
I work for a huge corporation and I can't imagine the heart-attacks that would have happened if something like this was ever even attempted! The pile of paperwork alone just for the pigeon tosser would have been huge! You want a gun ....and to shoot it....on company property??? I think the safety director just passed out!
