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“During our weekly company meeting, the skies parted, leaving the sun with no choice but to shine its mighty rays over our windowless conference room. This prompted Scott to ask me if I would be willing to plan a Whirlyball event. As social coordinator and bumper car aficionado, I happily obliged.” —Conrad Akier

And thus the first Vodori WhirlyBall outing was born. For the uninitiated, WhirlyBall is a “sport” that mixes lacrosse with basketball with zipping around in bumper cars.

What was the reason for this company outing you ask? Well, nothing says teamwork better than slamming into your coworkers in a barely-controllable, most-likely-combustible motorized vehicle, of course. As Greg Lyon would so profoundly summate through laughter afterwards, “My back hurts.”

While no major injuries occurred beyond mild soreness, the evening provided the team a chance to come together and revel in topics other than the best way to solve dependency injection issues. Instead, we focused on the camaraderie we share as Vodorians, cheered each other on, and shared many, many laughs.

The event also gave us a great chance to meet our new office manager, Peter Winter who immediately made quite an impact, “Several of my new coworkers introduced themselves mid-collision. I guess it was like a kiddie version of a gang initiation—if you can make it through the beating, you’re a member.”

While Peter’s experience was unique, we take the time we spend outside of the office just as seriously as we do inside the office. We firmly believe that forging great relationships after-hours translate to happy, productive teams within the workplace.

Needless to say, everyone had a good time—as evidenced in the photos captured by Conrad below: