I really want to provide you with a detailed description of what the fuel band does but (a) I'm still waiting on all those free clothes and shoes and (b) something wrong with your fingers? #googleit*.
For those that don't know, I used to work for Nike and will always be loyal which is why my workouts don't go as well when I mix my brands. Which I would never do. Except for that one time when I bought a LuluLemon top today.
When I was there, there was no such thing as the Fuel Band** - I had the chip in my shoe for recording my runs and I had the Nike Training Club app on my phone. Just to be clear, having those things is not the same as doing and using them. But I enjoyed having them very much. And now I have this. And it's pretty cool but there are a couple of issues*:
- It does not award me fuel points for breathing, which I consistently do all day long. Sometimes in the evening, I stop for a while but everyone deserves a break now and then. Some days I will sit (or lie down if I'm very tired) and breathe the shit out of my lungs and nothing.
- It does not award me fuel points for blinking. On several occasions I batted my eyelashes and there were no visible points given for that. Why penalize me for being sexy, Nike?
- If I don't do enough, I think it's very uncool to remind me that I am lazy. Every day.
- I am a very restless sleeper - sadly, I think this is where I get most of my points. I have a pretty high target of 12. A day. Which is an improvement on 12. A week.
- It syncs with the app on my phone - it's watching me all the time. I'm afraid to take it off. I'm afraid of a bracelet. Since when did we let accessories rule the world??
- It wants me to challenge myself with friends. So, now it's reminding me that I have no friends? Not a friendship bracelet.
- You can't use this as a transporter****. I have tried many times and it will not beam you up anywhere.
- Apparently I can wear it in the shower - now it needs to see me naked? What next, commentary on my problem areas. Of which there are none. From the ankles down.
**Apparently the Company was still able to be successful without me. I did not see that coming.
***You can thank me later, Nike. Once you've resolved these, I think the product is really going to take off.
****If you don't know this is from Star Trek, then we can't be friends.
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