Work icebreaker activity

Bassmansam · 29 Sep 2019 at 17:47

At work on Friday me and my team (13) were in a meeting room. Near the end the manager said we are going to do this activity. The manager and the team leader had gone through everyones social media and made presentation out of the images but obscuring the face so you had to guess who it was. Afterwards the original image was presented to everyone.

I wasn’t best pleased with this and felt it was quite invasive.
Has anyone else had a similar situation?

JBuk · 29 Sep 2019 at 17:50

If you feel sharing your face is invasive then don’t use social media

200sols · 29 Sep 2019 at 17:50

Don’t put your life on social media.

Bassmansam · 29 Sep 2019 at 17:51

But I'm only friends with the manager, no one else in the team.

Maccapacca · 29 Sep 2019 at 17:52

Lighten up dude

Bassmansam · 29 Sep 2019 at 17:58

Maccapacca said:
Lighten up dude

Maybe i should but it just didn’t feel right to me, i’m close with a couple of people on the team but not everybody which is why i felt a bit uncomfortable.

Nitefly · 29 Sep 2019 at 17:59

Sounds like one of those backhanded intentionally menacing things.... the obvious menacing point they were making being ‘don’t put your **** on social media’.

I had something recently whereby there was a ‘fun quiz’ where all the answers were negative things about the business and about what the employees should be doing differently. It did **** me right off.

I would be very annoyed in the circumstances stated in the OP. However, I did have all my social media profiles ‘locked down’ per se, so you could only ever see a name and a profile picture, I think. Now, I’ve deleted them.

Efour · 29 Sep 2019 at 17:59

Private profile

Bassmansam · 29 Sep 2019 at 18:04

Efour said:
Private profile

It is but i just happen to be friends with the manager.

R.P.L · 29 Sep 2019 at 18:09

Ah, the joys of social media. Get used to it - this is what the future looks like. Did the pics of you and Jeffrey Epstein come up?

Efour · 29 Sep 2019 at 18:12

Bassmansam said:
It is but i just happen to be friends with the manager.

Sloppy

Bassmansam · 29 Sep 2019 at 18:17

Efour said:
Sloppy

Tell me about it, poor move on my part.

FBi7 · 29 Sep 2019 at 18:22

Unfriend your boss.

Then create a duplicate account of him/her featuring a photoshopped image of him/her hugging/being hugged by Rolf Harris. Send a friend request to all of your colleagues.

Simples.

Kelt · 29 Sep 2019 at 18:26

So glad none of this social media **** existed when I was at school and work.

pooley · 29 Sep 2019 at 18:42

200sols said:
Don’t put your life on social media.

NoobCannon · 29 Sep 2019 at 18:50

This.

So much lol. Post your self all over social cancer and then complain when someone gets hold of the picture.

Moley · 29 Sep 2019 at 19:01

This is why I never have current colleagues as Facebook friends. LinkedIn is for professional relationships, Facebook for friends and ex-colleagues who I got on with and like.

If an employer or potential employer want's access to my Facebook profile? Nope, I don't have one.

.Lethal · 29 Sep 2019 at 19:30

Unfriend your boss.

If you had such a problem with it why didn't you say something in the first place? Are you that much of a ***** you need to come and vent to us instead?

Bassmansam · 29 Sep 2019 at 19:32

.Lethal said:
Unfriend your boss.

If you had such a problem with it why didn't you say something in the first place? Are you that much of a ***** you need to come and vent to us instead?

Well this is a discussion forum so yes i am sharing my experience here.

NVP · 29 Sep 2019 at 19:38

You guys are ridiculous. So what if he shares on social media? It doesn't mean someone in his professional life can go around and flaunt it for all to see.

I'd be fuming and would make a formal complaint too.

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