Weird Hobbies
In ‘about me’ I told you three things of which I am particularly proud. I didn’t happen to mention any of my vices and I don’t plan to go into too many of them here, but one vice I have is watching way too much TV. I watch it all: reality shows, Animal Planet (of course!), night-time soaps, sitcoms, dramas, home improvement, cooking….
Every once in a while something I see on TV gets me thinking about the world of work. In a recent episode of 30ROCK — the sitcom that rivals The Office for its workplace what-not-to-do instruction — a private investigator tells the television network executive played by Alec Baldwin that people with weird hobbies never make it to the corner office (in this case, Jack collects cookie jars). Unless the hobby is really out there, I disagree. Outside activities keep us fresh and creative — and make us more interesting to others.
Have you come across any hobbies you find particularly weird? Or interesting? Or career-ending?
January 15th, 2008 at 9:27 am
This reminds me of the movie, Mr. Mom, where at Caroline’s company picnic, Jack (Michael Keaton), Caroline’s husband, competes in an obsticle course race. Near the end of the race, Jack pulls into the lead and you see in slow motion all the spectators yelling at him not to beat the boss. In the end, Jack falls to the ground to let the boss win so his wife doesn’t get fired. Even though I haven’t seen this movie in 20 years, it must have made an impact on me; when my boss asked me to go golfing with him, I was nervous as to how it might effect our relationship if I had beat him.