Recently my work decided that they wanted to have a healthier workforce. Apparently working 14 hour days, 6 days a week wasn’t conducive to living a healthy lifestyle. Healthcare consultants would probably have a number of suggestions for rectifying this issue. The tax team decided to skip the expensive advice and implement their own idea. Each day at 3 pm the staff line up and do a version of Mousercise. The closest thing that I can relate it to is the children’s song “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”. What they do isn’t quite enough to break a sweat, so I am not sure I can call it exercise. It isn’t really stretching either. It is more like an organized game of “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”. Except that it is being played by very qualified adults…in the middle of the day…at work.
The worst part of this whole charade is that I can assure you that none of the people involved are interested in doing this. The “leader” most likely was told by someone else that he needed to do this. The people that are following the leader feel obligated to as a respect for their superiors. Regardless of the motives, the outcome is hilarious.
Organized “exercise” isn’t limited to the office. Each morning, afternoon, and night there are hundreds of thousands of women gathering throughout the city to exercise. These exercises take many forms. Many of them do tai chi. Others enjoy traditional Chinese dance. But my favorites are the ones wearing matching “Sports Authority” shirts and line dancing to Toby Keith. First of all, where did they find 40 Sports Authority employee shirts? Do they send those to Shanghai when a store closes like they send the Superbowl losing teams “Champions” jerseys to Africa? Secondly, where did they get a Toby Keith CD? Do you think they understand anything he is talking about?
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