Corporate "firewalk" ends with burnt feet in Italy

[Liberal_in_LA]

Corporate "firewalk" ends with burnt feet in Italy

Tue Jul 6, 2010 10:55am EDT

ROME (Reuters) - A "motivation day" organized by one of Italy's biggest real estate agencies ended in tears and scars when nine staff had to be treated in hospital after walking barefoot on a bed of hot coals.

Alessandro Di Priamo, a former athlete now turned motivational trainer for companies, said the nine salespeople from the Tecnocasa agency had suffered light burns and none were seriously hurt.

"Firewalking helps people overcome their fears, seek new challenges and understand that most of what they see as their limits are self-inflicted," Di Priamo told Reuters.

He said the hotel near Rome where the exercise was held used the wrong kind of wood and some artificial coal without him knowing.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6652V520100706

[ananda]

1. So nobody can resist that kind of "motivation"?

That's sick.

[hlthe2b]

2. 9 STAFF were burned--- talk about employer abuse...

Geebus

[CTyankee]

3. I'd pass on that "motivation day" if I worked there...

I've always taken a dim view of the coal walking deal...

"wrong kind of wood and ... artificial coal" my ass.

[SpiralHawk]

4. Obviously, those who FAILED the fire walk have republiconism in their souls

I have fire walked. I have succeeded. I have triumphed. What's wrong with these pathetic excuses for human beings crying 'victim' over a little corporate burning? Gotta be Republicon Losers.

These wimpy chickenhawk FAILURES obviously think like Republicons. They need to stop whining, and pull themselves up by their own silly swishy sissy simpering soles.

:sarcasm:

[Blue Owl]

5. Alessandro "Bob" Di Priamo

Wow Bob, Wow.

[XOKCowboy]

6. I work occasionally for a motivational speaker who does firewalks....

He has thousands walking across real coals on the first night of his seminars. He spends hours explaining how to do it, what mindset to have, etc and has grass mats and people with water hoses at the end. It's not really that big a deal. It's been done for thousands of years. It sounds like this guys a hack and needs to work on his schtick.

[onethatcares]

7. must have been a repuke,

the guy took no responsibility for anything. "someone used the wrong kind of wood and some artificial coal without him knowing". Right, and newtgingrich didn't know his wife had cancer when he presented her with divorce papers.:wtf: :banghead:

[SunnySong]

8. How do you burn nine people???/

I could see the first guy getting burned I don't see eight other lemmings following suit...


Well maybe I do. BTW I firewalked once with no harm done but then again I was young and intoxicated.