Just an observation

I think its safe to say that most people don't watch TV with it 2 feet away from their face, right? I mean, even kids, when they are "too close to the television do you want to go blind!" they are at least 3 feet away. So who's brilliant idea was it to put in individual 8" TV screens on most of the treadmills and elliptical at the gym? Now, I was fooled at first too. I thought, Awesome! I can work out AND watch my very own TV.

Then I tried it. The TV screen was literally a foot and a half away from my face and I'm bobbing up and down on the machine so I'm starting to get motion sickness from trying to focus on the screen and it was just horrible. Horrible! Just put in a bunch of big TV's already!

And while I'm on the topic, what in the heck are people watching??? This is what I noticed yesterday: The Springer Show, The Price is Right, some cooking show where the chef was making all these chocolate desserts, and my personal favorite...the low quality live feed from the kids gym downstairs so parents can get a fuzzy look at what their kids are up to. For an hour.

Maybe it's just me, but watching Bob Barker a foot away from my face just doesn't sound motivating to me. Unless someone is playing Plinko, obviously, but that's the only exception!