Mall Crawl

I'm not here to beat a dead horse or to put anyone down, but rather to share my thoughts on what was supposed to be a fun outing for my PR class.

As anyone who knows me can tell you, I've been dealing with health related issues since about October, and thus have missed out on several "fun" events and guest speakers.

So when I heard my class was doing a "Mall Crawl", I was deteremined to not miss another "fun" event, even though I was scheduled for an echocardiogram that day.

After much rushing around, and last minute carpool dibbing, I was off to what I hoped would be an afternoon of fun with classmates and friends at the mall.

The atmosphere to start was laced with excitement, adrenaline, and good humour.
Our class, being a touch on the competitive side, raced foward from our starting and finishing line at Toys 'R' Us at the Quinte Mall, in search of our starting locations for the mall wide PR related scavanger hunt.

After the initial burst my group stuck to a brisk walk, breaking up only once to obtain answers from opposite ends of the mall.

Upon arrival, and completion at Toys 'R' Us our group (not the offical winners but still, we had fun) discovered that our group in large were being asked to leave the mall due to lack of prior notice, and some instances of poor judgement.

Now as I said, I'm not here to point fingers but rather to share my point of view of the days events.

I personally feel that what was and should have been a fun and great learning experience was tarnished by a simple miscommunication, and competitive spirit on steroids.

I also believe the negitive fallout after was, and is, uncalled for, but then again, when you have a group of students coming from such diverse and competitve backgrounds such as this years PR class, I guess strong emotions and stubborn opinions are to be expected.

What saddens me the most, is that what was to bring us together has tore us apart, and warped the entire dynamic of our class, leaving one feeling the nedd to chose sides.

As one who would rather be an outcast then chose a side, I'm hoping that disscussions held later today can begin mending what was.

til next time,

b.sweet