[921] in Humor
HUMOR: So what does he do to relax?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Tue Jun 13 11:58:25 1995
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 11:49:41 EDT
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
From: pug@MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
From: JBran18610@aol.com
From: ECIKOVSK@us.oracle.com (Emily Cikovsky)
Date: 01 Jun 95 13:29:00
From:"Brock Blatter" <BBLATTER>
MONROE, Mich. (AP) -- Mike Pixley can work up a sweat just by
sitting down on the job.
You might say he's the lazy boy of La-Z-Boy Chair Co.
A senior studying aeronautical engineering at the University of
Michigan, Pixley is paid $6 an hour to test a variety of La-Z-Boy
chairs. In other words, he comes to work, sits down, leans back and
then relaxes forward.
All day long.
``I think a lot of people think it's easier than it actually
is,'' Pixley told The Blade of Toledo, Ohio.
During the summer of '93 -- his first with the Monroe-based
furniture maker -- Pixley lost 18 pounds.
``You can work up a sweat after the first hour or two,'' said
Pixley, 20, who reads to dull the monotony. He says his calf and
abdominal muscles get a workout.
Since May 1, he has logged 200,000 cycles on one love seat
alone. He averages about 2,800 deep rocks a day, said test lab
supervisor Judy Fay.
``He'll do 2.5 million, easy, before we're finished,'' she said.
Finding the right slacker for the job wasn't easy, said Fay,
whose ideal hire weighs 180 to 200 pounds and stands at least 6
feet tall. Fay tested about 24 people in the last several years,
but few sat around as well as Pixley.
``I want someone who's self-motivated, who won't get bored, who
sets their own personal goals,'' Fay said.
