Stress?? Just Flip A Table!
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Some 50 office workers and students found a quirky way to relieve stress in the heart of the Central Business District yesterday - by flipping tables.
The table-pitching frenzy on the grass patch in front of Chevron House attracted hundreds of curious onlookers, who gaped at the unusual sight at lunchtime.
While some participants let out cries of angst in their attempts to send the table flying, others did it with broad grins. One young man even threw what appeared to be exam notes on the table, before overturning it with all the strength he could muster.
Designer Lennard Tsen, 25, said that he found the activity "very fun", although he was disappointed when he did not damage the table.
Buzz for the event, Mission: Flip Table, was created through a poster on social network Facebook, which was shared more than 1,000 times in three days.
However, it was taken down shortly after it went viral as the organisers, Mission: Singapore, were worried that they would be unable to cope with the crowd that would turn up.
"Publicity was going fast and furious and we got concerned," explained 24-year-old undergraduate Darryl Seah, who is one of the organisers in the home-grown flash-mob group.
Despite the organisers' attempts to keep things down, netizens continued to circulate the poster over the week. As of yesterday, about 100 people had confirmed their attendance on the event's Facebook page. In the end, 51 participated.
The organisers bought six tables for the event, using money from their own pockets. All the tables were damaged an hour after the table flipping began.
Mr Seah told my paper that Mission: Flip Table aimed to cheer Singaporeans up and help them relieve stress.
He added: "Singaporeans need to smile more, no matter what they do."
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Damn stressed.
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NNB~~~ I QUIT~~~
*flip table*
aiseh~~~
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no kick leh
shd be slam the boss head on it
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use voodoo doll???
Anyway doesn't exactly reflect good... Especially if u're working in a bank and wearing the bank attire (IE, Bank Tellers)...
Say, wat would your boss say if he/she saw u flipping tables in the neighbourhood???
"I think we need to talk"
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
use voodoo doll???
Anyway doesn't exactly reflect good... Especially if u're working in a bank and wearing the bank attire (IE, Bank Tellers)...
Say, wat would your boss say if he/she saw u flipping tables in the neighbourhood???
"I think we need to talk"
Even students are going to Raffles Place to flip tables.
And they have not even started working.
Times are bad.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Even students are going to Raffles Place to flip tables.
And they have not even started working.
Times are bad.
It's gonna turn potential employers away...
Well, unless one is looking for debt collection jobs...
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
It's gonna turn potential employers away...
Well, unless one is looking for debt collection jobs...
Employer standing at the background snaps a picture of student flipping tables and uploads it into the company's "blacklist" website.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Employer standing at the background snaps a picture of student flipping tables and uploads it into the company's "blacklist" website.
"Potential debt collecter spotted"the student is got good future in debt collection
"NB~ U dun wan to pay up izzit!?!?"
*flips table*
"Now scared or not?? If you dun pay soon, wait I flip ur chair !!"
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Flip table at lunchtime still not too bad.
Don't let your boss catch you flipping table outside at 3.30pm in the afternoon.
If she catches you, then you better explain you are buying some ang ku kueh for tea time just for her.
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tat case really jialat sia... Must use template answer 1, 2 or 3:
1) "It's an honest mistake, let's move on"
2) "It happens only once in 50 years"
3) Try to explain by doing an analogy between flipping tables at 3.30pm with food like hum, cai tao kway and pizzas
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
tat case really jialat sia... Must use template answer 1, 2 or 3:
1) "It's an honest mistake, let's move on"
2) "It happens only once in 50 years"
3) Try to explain by doing an analogy between flipping tables at 3.30pm with food like hum, cai tao kway and pizzas
"Look, I got you the $10 XO cai tao kway"
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Originally posted by charlize:
"Look, I got you the $10 XO cai tao kway"
Seems like that will work
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maybe those flipping the tables are the bosses.
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Originally posted by FireIce:
maybe those flipping the tables are the bosses.
Bosses flip paper.
And sign them.
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LOL! my class do this after school sometime just to hang around and dun home
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i think we need more table-flipping stations
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I think this is immature and childish. How can flipping a table relieve any stress? Farking bullsh*t.
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Originally posted by ditzy:
I think this is immature and childish. How can flipping a table relieve any stress? Farking bullsh*t.
I think it works, at least it let you escape from it for a while.
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Originally posted by I.imba:
I think it works, at least it let you escape from it for a while.
I think it only works, in a coffin........6 feet under.
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flip table? not enough lah
smash the table to bits with your bare fists
i got the strength to do so
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Originally posted by Mr Milo:
flip table? not enough lah
smash the table to bits with your bare fists
i got the strength to do so
I got solid steel tables in my office workshop, I'd like to see you smash them to bits.
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Originally posted by ditzy:
I got solid steel tables in my office workshop, I'd like to see you smash them to bits.
Huh? what u working as? how come got such tables? -
he works at the abattoir u dunno?
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Originally posted by Mr Milo:
Huh? what u working as? how come got such tables?Got such tables, because we work on things that drill for oil, and weigh 30 tons, and need to lie on tables sometimes so we can work easy on them. They are so heavy, they need a forklift to get them from here to there. I have seen heavier steel tables like in the picture up there, so heavy, their legs sink into the concrete flooring.