Wednesday 6 May 2009

Doughnut Distress - don't despair, a solution is at hand!

There are some things it's hard to eat at your office desk. Oranges (when you are in a healthy eating mode) squirt juice all over those important papers, and leave a claggy yellow film over your fingers. Not good if you have to shake hands with a visitor suddenly and find you can't let go when you want to. If someone makes you a lovely cup of tea (with the shade of the brew exactly right, not too milky, not too see-through strong) and (if you work in the right sort of office with the right sort of people) plonk a doughnut next to it, you might feel upset. What if you eat the tasty confection and hands become encrusted with sugar granules? Imagine the scenario - having a sudden fit of conscientiousness, you grab an important agenda/document/spreadsheet to look busy (or your manager just walked in) and find it has a greasy paw print left on it when you put it down.

My answer to these distressing situations is the doughnut glove. Comfier than a Marigold, looser than a latex, and made in some wipe down but warm and cosy fabric. The doughnut glove will enable you to enjoy your favourite snack in complete comfort, and leave your hands clean, ready for less interesting work based activities. This will also help relieve stress in the workplace, although it would be hard to know whether this is due to the gloves or the doughnut itself.

1 comment:

J Adamthwaite said...

Great idea! I propose a compulsory trial in all work places (donuts provided, of course).