Tuckman to the tree

Teams go through 5 stages of group development.

-Forming
-Storming
-Norming
-Performing
-Adjourning (damn it, doesn't rhyme)

Forming

Mum, Dad and Tine of the W.O.M decide that putting up the tree now would be less ridiculous than putting up the tree closer to the Christmas date.

Storming

We all have different ideas and schemes for asembling the tree and hey what do you know, conflicting ideas. Mum would like to start from the top to bottom, I want to start from the bottom to the top and Dad would like to just stick all of the branches wherever and hope to god that it's right. I think a lot of issues arose though, like who never does the dishes, who broke the microwave and basically we all pointed the finger at each other and stated that one or the other was mentally handicapped.

Norming

We're tired at this point and now just tolerating each others behaviour. By tolerating, I mean selective hearing and completely ignoring everyone. Mum is starting at the top and I am starting at the bottom and we've decided to meet at the middle to verbally abuse each other on who was wrong. Dad on the other hand left and went to bed so his argument had been deep sixed.

Performing

I think this phase didn't come in at all. If I said that the Christmas tree was assembled efficiently and effectively, i'd have to delete everything aforementioned.

Adjourning

The tree is up and we've all decided that who ever fuck's up the most next year has to put the tree up alone, with no help or guidance. This involves retrieving the tree from the spider breeding ground shed, a lot of dust in the sinuses and having to deal with wires in your face.




What a whirlwind.