Friday, December 2, 2011

Friday Science: Tea For Two

John Wayne, William Duvane, Jordyn Wieber
Jordan Sparks and Sparky the wonder Tuna in
               Flat Stanley pitches a Pup Tent.

I love this stuff.  Tea Time Movies was a standard on the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. 

I have started a Tea for Two O'clock at work.  Everyone is always running around looking busy and they need a break.  I insist that all stop working and sit down for a cup of tea.  Talking about current work is forbidden.  People look forward to Two O'clock and not because it is two hours from going home time.  We dine on chocolates and cookies with tea.  We insist on the pinky finger sticking out and an accent is commonly used while speaking. 

I want Tea time to catch on because people need it.  Some take smoke breaks, there are those that take union breaks.  The vast majority just trudge through the day without getting up.  Recently there are several medical papers on sitting and the relationship to strokes.  It has to do with circulation and the body's response to inactivity.  We have programs on our computers that force us to stop typing every so often.  They, the big they in the sky say it helps with the carpal tunnel anomalies and reduces complications from repetitive motion injuries. 

I think reducing repeated cognitive injuries to the noodle is just as important to keep our curmudgeoness tendencies in limbo.  Doing the same mindless scat every day or for hours and hours is harmful.  Look at accountants, bad eyes, bad hair, ghoulish posture and rotating air pockets in the brain during conversations all signs of numericalopathy.
Ebenezer Scrooge was not whistling Dixie all day.  Bartleby the Scribler was not rebellious to attract women.  No, they were burned out.  Melville even went so far as to allude that these damaged individuals were as lepers.

Tea time will revitalize our work efforts.  It will not work as well as a nap but I am working on that policy also.  Tea at Two....

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