Health Benefits

In doing some research I have found getting up from a computer work station to answer the phone may have some health benefits for all of us. It is a good idea to relieve repetitive actions every 30 minutes or so by taking a break from them. The repetitive action of sitting at the computer and using the light pen should be interrupted with a break so having to get up and answer the phone is okay.

The intense mental concentration that may be a part of computer use for all of us may tend to cause breath-holding or shallow breathing so getting up to aswer the phone would eliviate this
problem thus an added health benfit.

Taking a break from the computer screen can minimize damage to the eyes that could result from sitting too long at a computer.

Getting up from a sitting position is good exercise for everyone's quads.

One's productivity does not decline when frequent short breaks are taken. I have always tried to encourage short breaks for staff plus I try to make sure that staff have different tasks throughout the day to stimulate brainwaves and change up routine. Which should help everyone's overall health.

Yes, the intensity of multi-tasking can be waring on everyone and multi-tasking these days is part of life. So maybe by answering the phone, even if it is often for me, everyone gets to take a short break during their routine tasks.

When Vicki gets back from her surgery and Lisa has some time she will call the company that the phone system was purchased from and we will see if changes can be made. Although, the
vendors and sales people that the library works with will still be using the 423-3900 line due to the fact that it is the official publisized phone number of the library. When the 423-4910 number was actually acquired it was done so for the convenience of calling out for staff and the convenience of those calling in using the 423-3900 not to find the phone line busy.