Ergonomics....
I swear I didnt know what it was prior to 1999. Sounded like the study of ego, with a wrong spelling.
That was when I met a friend of mine or more like I was acquainted with someone who eventually became a good friend of mine who was pursuing his Masters in Ergonomics. Heck I still didn't know what it was and he blabbed about making designs human friendly, talking ATMs, etc......still have no freaking idea coz I thought it was all just technology.
Then he said Nokia.....making a better phone that suits the users' need. Ahhhhhh
Since then, wherever I go, whatever product I'm exposed to....it's all about the ergonomics.... Is this good enough? Why isn't it good enough? How can it be better..... I was like a self profess believer of ergonomics and wished I had study that instead.....But like all fads the craze wore off and soon it was just a subconscious effort this whole ergonomics thing.
And today.......EUREKA!!
Recap......Eureka was shouted by Archimedes, a famous greek mathematician who discovered the law of displacement to determine the density of an object. (For more info go here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes)
Now today was an Eureka moment combined with a nostalgic flashback to ergonomics.....
As I sat on the almighty throne pondering what to do with my subjects and state.....I felt a sudden rush of ideas going down south. Now this throne.....comfy as it was, had the right height, had the right width, but had the wrong design.....
It was not human friendly!!
Now there's nothing more disgusting (at this moment) than to feel the displacement of your own excrement splashing back onto your own skin each time a dollop falls. I mean.....pthummm... splash... splat...... yucks!!!!
This throne has some SERIOUS ergonomic flaws!!!
The next time someone complaints I left some sticky stains on the toilet bowl....I'm gonna tell them its perfect ergonomics.....better there than your thighs and buttocks!!!
