#1: There are not many groups more in sync with each other than a rowing team. Get your team to The Row House here in Wiregrass. Once you arrive, let the staff know you are with the team building event and then find an open area on their lobby floor where you can all sit down as if you were a team of rowers (one behind the other). Then prop up your device to take a video or have an available patron/staff person film your group "rowing" 10 times as you slide your butts across the floor to mimic the true rowing experience. Simply sit on your backside with your legs out in front of you, knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Without touching the ground or your surroundings with your hands or arms at any time, scoot your butt towards your feet, then place your feet further out in front of you and again scoot your butt towards your feet. To watch a video of a team successfully “rowing” across a floor together click HERE.

#2: Today is National Pretzel Day (it’s true, look it up)! To honor this delicious snack, take a video of any one team member successfully completing the Pretzel Face Challenge. Place a small pretzel (either the mini hard kind, or a piece of a soft pretzel) on your forehead and using only your facial muscles and gravity attempt to move the pretzel down your face and into your mouth without grabbing it with your hand or having it fall off. If it falls off place the pretzel back on your forehead and try again. All team members can be attempting the challenge but only one needs to successfully complete it. To watch a video of someone completing this challenge successfully click HERE.

#3: Anytime after 3:30pm today (when the store opens), get your team to Rocket Fizz soda and candy shop. Once there, purchase one bottle of their novelty soda flavor called “Ranch Dressing”. Then ask their staff for a small paper/plastic cup for each team member and get someone to film your team pouring some of the drink into each team member’s cup, and everyone taking a large swig of the drink at the same time. Unless you are one of the rare few who find the concept of condiment flavored soda both refreshing and innovative, this may not be pleasant. But that’s exactly the point, because a group that suffers together, grows together.

#4: A huge part of being successful at MetLife will be listening to the people you provide services for and understanding the stories that make them who they are. Take a video of your team and any stranger that has a tattoo while they explain what that tattoo means to them. The tattoo must be visible at some point during the video.

#5: Get your team to Bricks and Minifigs and then using the pieces found in the center bulk bins have each team member create a small sculpture that represents “something that would make my life more fulfilling”. As you’re all creating (or when you’re finished) feel free to share with one another what your creation is and reflect on how you might be able to achieve that thing in the future. Then take a team picture all holding up your creations.

#6: Anywhere around the area take a team picture with any public digital clock (not a cell phone or personal watch) when the digits add up to 12. For example, 11:46am would be acceptable because 1+1+4+6=12. Similarly, 3:09pm would also be acceptable, or any other time where the sum of the individual digits equals 12.

#7: Take a picture of your team forming a 3-tiered human pyramid while any of the three prominent Shops At Wiregrass entry signs (seen HERE) are visible in the background. You’ll need at least 6 people to properly form 3 tiers, so recruit kind strangers or coordinate with another team if needed.

#8: Find any vending machine (either with food, drinks, kids trinkets, etc) and put enough money into it that any one item could be gotten. Don’t select anything but instead leave a note that says “Any item of your choice on us! Love, MetLife”. Then take a picture of your team so that the vending machine, the deposited amount (if applicable), and your note are all visible if possible.

#9: Take a video of your team completing the "Paper Airplane Challenge". Basically send some team members to the 2nd level of any building or parking garage and have them toss paper airplanes out into the air in front of them (not just dropping it straight downward). The rest of your team should be on the sidewalk or grass below. Any of your team members at ground level need to catch just one plane before it hits the ground. All team members at ground level can be attempting to catch planes, but only one plane needs to be caught. To watch a team complete this challenge successfully click HERE.

#10: Anywhere around the area take a team picture with any regulation street name sign that would be considered an “alliteration”, or two consecutive words that start with the same letter. It could be a road that starts with R, a street that starts with S, an avenue that starts with A, a lane that starts with L, and so on. For example, Adventure Avenue would be accepted but Adventure Road would not. If the street name has a direction at the beginning of it (such as NW or SE) then you can disregard that and focus on the actual name.

#11: Tampa’s military presence runs deep, including the MacDill Air Force Base located just south of the city. Anywhere around the area find an active military person or a veteran. They could be wearing some form of military or veteran attire, have a military ID, or they could simply describe their military background while you’re completing your challenge. Once you’ve found someone, take a video of them watching your entire team doing 10 push-ups or sit-ups at their feet to honor their strength and courage. After you’ve finished recording, spend a few minutes learning more about their time in the service before you depart, as a small gesture of appreciation.

#12: Get every team member a large (16 ounces or so) open-top paper, plastic, or foam cup and fill it with water. Then somewhere outdoors line up shoulder to shoulder and balance a full cup on each team member’s head. Once everyone’s cups are balanced, hold hands with the team members on either side of you and take a video of your team working together to all take 10 steps forward without anyone touching their cup or having it spill. If someone’s cup spills make sure to encourage them and then refill any spilled cups and start again as a team. After your team successfully travels 10 steps together dump the cups to prove they were full, and then celebrate!

#13: Get to any clothing or apparel store and find two different items with enough in stock that every team member can be wearing the same two items in their own sizes. Then take a fun team picture with everyone wearing those items. For example it may be a wacky shirt, and a pair of shorts. Or maybe some cozy slippers and a large sun hat. As long as everyone is wearing the same exact two items but in their own sizes.

#14: Anywhere around the area find a book (an actual physical book, not an e-book or a picture of a book) whose title includes the word “Life” in it. Then take a fun team picture with the book and everyone posing filled with lots of life, to celebrate all of the lives MetLife impacts every day.

#15: Coordinate with one of the other teams to meet you at either of the outdoor oversized checkers or chess boards here on the shops property. Set up the pieces and have your team compete against the other team in a 5 minute speed match. Each team will have no more than 15 seconds to complete each move, so work together as a team to strategize and make quick decisions. At the end of the 5 minutes if neither team has won, the team with the most pieces remaining on the board is the champion. Once the game or the timer is over take a fun group picture with both teams while the winning team is celebrating and the losing team is consoling each other. If it was a tie have everyone celebrate! If other patrons are using the boards, come back later to start your game.