About a week ago I was having a super stressful morning at work. I had a couple of assignments to present at 12 noon while I was being bombarded with phone calls and e-mails on other projects... I needed some peace and quiet to focus on my work.
Cue wheezing sounds from the next cube, getting louder and louder. Wait -- is that an air pump I hear? At work?! Then I hear some giggling, some explaining, "<muffled> mdids fdk..skdsf.. chair..." Is my cube neighbor pumping up inflatable furniture in her cube?? I'm sitting here trying to crank out all of this work and missy in the corner over there is making a ruckus with her squeaky air pump.
So, as it turns out, she was pumping an exercise ball to use in place of her office chair. I've seen this practice being done around the office a couple of times before, ironically, by girls that were already thin enough to begin with. "It's better for posture," she explains, "it activates your core as you sit down so you get an 8-hour ab workout."
Anyways, fast forward one week and I notice she's still using the exercise ball. And even better, she repumps it every few hours because it deflates from her constantly sitting on it. AND even better than THAT, she slouches. So now I'm looking at her, sitting on her exercise ball, slouching so badly that her back looks like it's suffering from scoliosis, wondering -- is this the good posture you were talking about?
Cue wheezing sounds from the next cube, getting louder and louder. Wait -- is that an air pump I hear? At work?! Then I hear some giggling, some explaining, "<muffled> mdids fdk..skdsf.. chair..." Is my cube neighbor pumping up inflatable furniture in her cube?? I'm sitting here trying to crank out all of this work and missy in the corner over there is making a ruckus with her squeaky air pump.
So, as it turns out, she was pumping an exercise ball to use in place of her office chair. I've seen this practice being done around the office a couple of times before, ironically, by girls that were already thin enough to begin with. "It's better for posture," she explains, "it activates your core as you sit down so you get an 8-hour ab workout."
Anyways, fast forward one week and I notice she's still using the exercise ball. And even better, she repumps it every few hours because it deflates from her constantly sitting on it. AND even better than THAT, she slouches. So now I'm looking at her, sitting on her exercise ball, slouching so badly that her back looks like it's suffering from scoliosis, wondering -- is this the good posture you were talking about?
