Despite saying this blog would be set on ‘pause’ while I got sorted in China, I’ve still managed to churn out a steady stream of rant bollocks over the last few weeks.
The good news is that this Friday, I will be internet access denied until we move to China and even then, you will have a few weeks grace as I try and get things up and running so apart from the couple of posts I’ve managed to pre-write for the next week or so, you’ll be free from me for almost THREE WEEKS!
That’s the good news … the bad news is that until then, you’ll have to put up with this post.
Stairs.
We see them everywhere ….
In houses, offices, shops and streets.
Wherever you look they are there … leading you up or taking you down … except it dawned on me that basically for the last 5 years, I’ve not had to use them at all.
Since 2005, I’ve lived in single story apartments that have always had lifts to take me up to my floor.
And for work … I’ve always been based in buildings that have had escalators and elevators to help me get where I want to go.
Also, because the last few years have been predominantly spent in Singapore/HK – countries built for convenience – the majority of my destinations have been served with transportation that has not needed leg power to get where I want to go.
Now I appreciate this might not make much sense but a couple of days ago I realised the Wieden office in Shanghai is a magnet for stairs and the apartment we’re looking to rent has 3 floors, so my relationship with stairs is going to be reignited whether I like it or not … and that pleases me because as weird as this may sound, I think stairs are brill!
Not only do they help you get where you want to go, but they make you fitter too.
OK, so I am not saying climbing 13 stairs a day is the equivalent of a gym workout – but then I would guess the majority of people don’t go to the gym either – so if Governments want their subjects to be healthier and fitter people, why don’t they start taxing companies on how many lifts/escalators they use because in this profit obsessed World we live in, I would say they would rather take out a lift if it meant they could make an extra $2 profit.
FInally, I can’t wait to go into NIKE HQ for the first time – because if there was ever a company who should be anti-lift/escalator, it’s them.
OK, mental rant over, as you were …