Sit and spin
An article about the Hula Chair came through my news feed this weekend.
Intended to help you “exercise while you work,” the chair puts the sitter though fairly rigorous spinning. The kind where typing and drinking a glass of water doesn’t work as well as its marketers imagined – check out this clip from Ellen as well as an MSNBC reporter's tests.
Imagine some of your best (and worst) colleagues at their desks or in a conference room full of these babies conducting business as usual. Fan-freaking-tastic!
By the way, as someone who still loves the Tilt-a-Whirl at carnivals and is a practiced office chair twirler, I’d love the ride. But doesn’t the mechanized chair spinning reduce the actual, um. exercise? And I use that term loosely my friends.
Comments
Our office manager has this chair stuffed into one of our offices and now I will try it out.
Posted by: Ren | June 10, 2008 03:09 PM
I think all conference rooms need these. Imagine how tension will just release, when no one can stop laughing!
Posted by: six | June 12, 2008 12:47 PM
Heh - are you pulling my leg, Ren? Why else would you have one of these around and NOT HAVE TRIED IT? ;-)
Posted by: suzie | June 12, 2008 08:30 PM
Good point, Six - even if the movement of the chairs doesn't help - laughing at everyone would sure as hell reduce stress! heh
Posted by: suzie | June 12, 2008 08:30 PM