Early 2000’s we completed successfully a big
technology program. We organized the program closing seminar in Lapland.
The plan was to take a night train to Lapland, pretty convenient. The working
day prior to the trip was pretty thrilling, because of a train accident
somewhere south of Oulu. The track was broken and we were not sure if the trip
needs to be cancelled.
Finally at the evening it became clear that the train
is running and we started the journey. After working hard for a couple of
years, people were eager to relax. We had some nice discussions in the cabins.
It was already very late night when most of the people started to sleep in the
cabins. After a while we were close to Oulu and people were supposed to jump
into a bus. After a short bus trip the train would carry us from Oulu to
Lapland. This was a special arrangement, because the rail road was still
broken. The conductor woke us up and everybody on the train moved quickly to
the busses. There was only one exception.
One of our guys, Mr. N, was sleeping very heavily.
Many of his colleagues tried to woke him up, yelling, shouting and kicking, but
nothing helped. He was still sleeping and busses were leaving. We needed to go
to bus. The conductor of the train continued the wake up process by shouting,
slapping, hitting, but nothing helped. You should not leave your friend, but
what can you do.
The busses were half way to Oulu when my phone started
to ring. Our dear colleague had woken up. Soon he was sitting on a taxi and
trying to catch the rest of the team before the train to Lapland was leaving.
Finally he made it.
The two days were productive, as well as entertaining.
We had even possibility to ski a bit in the Pyhä slopes. All well, happy end.
Lessons learnt:
Remember to celebrate the happy endings.
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