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Running in the office?
Running in the office?
I've only been working here for a couple of months, but I've noticed people (usually women) always running through the office. i don't mean just a simple, quick-paced jog, but full on sprints regardless of distance. Even from one cubicle to the next- loud, stomping sprints in heels. I don't understand. Is this a way to show productivity? It's very distracting actually, is this common?
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They work just like they travel anywhere. Always leave it till it's too late and then have to run. Last minute lulu's. It's a whole nation of them. Except in my office. They if they are always running back and forth, I'm gonna wonder why they are so inefficient that they have to keep running. I know I don't overwork them, and I doubt that they look at it as exercising.......
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
I don't even know if it's because things are last minute. It's literally everywhere, all the time. Even people without many job duties do it all the same. But it's literally the loudest, most disturbing, flat-footed running through the walk-ways as if people are trying to make a ruckus. Maybe it is for exercise, or to get the blood flowing or something weird.
Reminds me of my favorite person I see every morning on the MRT. Probably a 45-50 year old woman, who, every single morning, engages in a full-on sprint- arms flailing, head bobbing, feet stomping (only to go about walking speed) just to get ahead of a few people in the line for the escalator, who then waits in the left side of it anyways. I will never understand...
Reminds me of my favorite person I see every morning on the MRT. Probably a 45-50 year old woman, who, every single morning, engages in a full-on sprint- arms flailing, head bobbing, feet stomping (only to go about walking speed) just to get ahead of a few people in the line for the escalator, who then waits in the left side of it anyways. I will never understand...
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I like that song! I used to play E♭Alto Sax in a dance band (you youngsters probably don't know what a dance band is) back in the mid-60's.nakatago wrote:Yes.richie303 wrote:Kiasu
Now, imagine 'Yakety Sax' playing whenever you see someone running in your office.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
I played alto in a dance band all throughsundaymorningstaple wrote:I like that song! I used to play E♭Alto Sax in a dance band (you youngsters probably don't know what a dance band is) back in the mid-60's.nakatago wrote:Yes.richie303 wrote:Kiasu
Now, imagine 'Yakety Sax' playing whenever you see someone running in your office.
my teens

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They certainly don't run in my office....... wouldn't mind if they did, though, give my eyes some exercise and something else to focus on.
'When Lewis Hamilton wins a race he has to thank Vodafone whereas in my day I used to chase the crumpet. I know which era I'd rather race in.'
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Sure they do. Just put up a sign saying free gif(sic!) at the end of the hall, street. Or tell 'em there are free 'Hello Kitty" dolls at McD's! Ball'o'Fire! You ain't seen nuttin' till then.
Worse that a herd of spooked wildebeest!
Worse that a herd of spooked wildebeest!

SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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