Social Experiment Cont.

So being on site workers are all bound by the same routine and have the same limitations placed on our time.
Basically in a 24hour day we have 4 hours to use with as we please. Within these four hours we must(or should) do our washing, shower, eat and groom ourselves. The rest is free for entertainment. So that probably leaves about 3 hours a day for recreation.

Now the gym is free, table tennis, pool, swimming pool, tennis, cricket nets, foxtel and the wet mess(aka bar) is like $3 for a drink. With all these activities people tend to be clustered into 3 groups. Loners, aka TV watchers. Drinkers and Gym junkies.

So while i go to the gym as often as i can, others drink beer as often as they can and still others hide in their rooms lest anybody recognise them and they have to socialise. These groups are pretty polarised with people clearly belonging to one and without much overlap.

I just don;t understand why people who are earning that much money dont want to take care of their health so that they can enjoy it later? How can we motivate our peers to care for themselves. I remember walking past a party one sunday on my way to the gym after work. They invited me in for a beer and I said nah gotta go to the gym. 2 hours later i came back after a class all covered in sweat and they gave me shit for making them feel bad for drinking beer while I was exercising.

I think that it should be part of the corporate culture that everybody has to exercise, perhaps even force mandatory participation in physical activity everyday. Once it becomes routine the competitive aspect of man will rise and i think the workers will strive to outdo their fellow man and eventually 75%+ might be fit rather then being overweight.