Monday, July 27, 2009

Carpel Tunnel Syndrome Anyone?

Today, I realized that Chinese teapots are totally not ergonomic. Just before a traditional Chinese dinner with my gramps, I had a tetanus shot, which made me weak in the arm.

You know how it's polite to pour tea for your elders? Well I tried to do that, but I completely failed, as I lifted the teapot with my weak arm, and made a huge wet spot on the table cloth.

With non-ergonomic teapots and chopsticks, I'm surprised that not all old Chinese people have arthritis.

3 comments:

  1. just because the tea pot is heavy doesnt qualify it as "non-ergonomic" what made it non ergonomic though?

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  2. you can't fit more than 2 fingers in the handle, and it's not balanced, so it's too heavy to lift with just 2 fingers, so your wrist suffers.

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