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Someone just brought round a petition to have Weight Watchers covered under our company health insurance. I noticed reaction to this was rather sharply divided along gender lines, with most of the men in the room worrying that this would increase the deduction off their paychecks, and suggesting that they send round a petition asking for a tv at work. The women countered by alternately arguing that obesity is the new century’s big health problem, but also asking the men “don’t you want to see nice-looking girls at work.” This is pretty much why I ultimately didn’t sign it; also because it specified one particular diet company by name. At the same time I worry that I’m in a “that’s easy for you to say” position here.

Everybody else signed, including the men (they caved pretty easily under pressure).

Date: 2010-06-04 04:51 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] moon-custafer.livejournal.com
Really, the co-workers with the petition should have tried the argument that since someone in management decided a month back to put up annoying little posters in the lunchroom with slogans like “You are what you eat - who will you be today?*” they might want to actually put some money where their mouth is.


*I have so far resisted the urge to draw a package labelled “soylent green” on this poster. I doubt anyone at the office would get the joke, anyway.

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