We had a team meeting yesterday for our project right after lunch. Everyone was sort of sluggish and the meeting seemed to be dragging a bit. Then one of the guys at the end of the table started rocking in his chair, most likely in an attempt to stay awake. A moment later the guy next to him started to rock too. All of a sudden, the next guy, and then the next started to rock until everyone around the table was rocking in their chairs. The project leader looked up from writing on her pad to see all of her workers rocking in their chairs and smiling goofily. She gave us a strange look, part “You people are out of your minds” and part “Why are these people all rocking at the table.” After an uncertain pause in which we all were keeping our eyes on the project leader to see what she’d do, not stopping our incessant rocking, of course, she started to rock too. A big grin broke over her face as she realized how fun it was.
It’s nice to have these innocent, childlike moments at work sometimes to break up the monotony.
