Dadhawk |
04-15-2016 08:27 PM |
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Originally Posted by soulreapersteve
(Post 2623459)
You work in IT and don't drink soda?? Is it not our destiny and fate to sit on our asses all shift and get fat??
Kidding of course.. Almost everyone at work drinks coffee and I'm in the minority.
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I had a similar conversation with our HR Director in a sidebar of a peer meeting when they announced they were buying into the what I refer to as the "Fitbit Cult" and giving discounts on health insurance if you got a certain number of steps a year.
I said "You realize that if I'm getting 10,000 steps on a weekday it's because I'm not doing the job you are paying me for, right?"
HR Rep: "What do you mean?"
Me: "Well, I'm an IT guy. You pay me to sit in front of a computer all day (usually for 10 to 12 hours). Then I commute an hour each way to work. If I'm getting 10,000 steps I'm not doing my job"
HR Rep: "Oh, yea"
I then pulled out my cell phone with the Fitbit app, took off my Fitbit and started rocking it back and forth between my thumb and pointer finger
Me: "Or, I'm sitting at my desk working and doing this" then proceeded to get 100 steps in about 60 seconds without moving.
She didn't seem appreciative and I'm pretty sure my "fitness reports" will get audited, but so worth it for the expression on her face.
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