I stared at Jenson Sommers in shock, not believing what he’d just announced to me. “A one-mile hike up Stone Mountain? Really?” I heard the unmanly squeak in my voice and cringed. I was the furthest thing from an exercise enthusiast, but even if I were, it was the middle of frickin’ August! What were they smoking in the peace pipe in the Human Resources department, thinking this was a good idea for employee-bonding? I looked at my coworker and frowned. “Don’t they get that teambuilding is a crock of s**t? When will they learn that no matter how many incentives they give or parties they throw, the cliques will remain? It’s still high school in this place.” Jenson and I worked for a marketing firm that had over fifty employees. There were several departments. Each one had a popular set a

