against Social Multitasking...
Here is an article I got from a website. I thought it was very fascinating in how our society has become. I also thought this was a great way to analyze how some massage therapists are in their jobs.
"I had family visiting from California this weekend, and was very glad to be able to take time off from work and everything else just to be able to spend it with them. It’s precious time I’ll always remember.
In the midst of our happy chatter over brunch this morning at a great local diner, however, I noticed something which made me incredibly sad. Seated at the table adjoining ours was a mother and daughter, both facing each other, but not in communication in the least. As my family laughed and talked, I noticed the quiet blanketing their table, the pretty but sad face of the daughter staring blankly at Mom, waiting for the conversation that never came.
Mom was curled around her cell phone as she dined, glancing up only occasionally. I actually commented on her behavior at one point to my party, though I doubt she heard me, engrossed as she was in the apparently fascinating world of T-Mobile.
At the end of their meal, Mom actually snapped her fingers in her daughter’s face as she tossed her the credit card, never ceasing her other conversation. Daughter trotted off to pay the bill, and that was that, Sunday morning brunch concluded.
Instances like this remind me how important it is to be actively enjoying and experiencing the moments we’re paying for, no matter the scale. Cell phones, Blackberries and the like make it simple for anyone to reach us anywhere, but also for anyone to interrupt us in the middle of anything. Emergencies are one thing, but to turn aside from the ones you’re with to focus on someone else tells them they don’t rank too highly within your social hierarchy.
Why spend the time or the money to go out for a meal with a loved one at all if your actions are going to tell them they’re not significant enough to receive your undivided attention? Why lay money out for an experience if you’re not going to be fully there?"
By Sasha..... (http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/)
****How it translates to in massage industry****
Based on my experience in doing seated chair massage, this is far too common for many massage therapists. They don't concentrate on the client that is actually on their chair. They are too busy texting someone, on the phone, trying to talk to other people who are walking by the massage booths, or talking to the person next to them massaging. This is one of the reasons why some massage therapists do such a poor job. They are socially multitasking to where they can't produce a good massage. Even if it's 5 minutes long.
When you do a chair massage. The best way is to actually be quiet and let the client relax and enjoy the massage. The less stimuli there is, the better the massage is. Even newer massage therapists who practice this can actually give a better massage than a seasoned veteran who has much more experience/technique, but spend too much time multitasking.
"I had family visiting from California this weekend, and was very glad to be able to take time off from work and everything else just to be able to spend it with them. It’s precious time I’ll always remember.
In the midst of our happy chatter over brunch this morning at a great local diner, however, I noticed something which made me incredibly sad. Seated at the table adjoining ours was a mother and daughter, both facing each other, but not in communication in the least. As my family laughed and talked, I noticed the quiet blanketing their table, the pretty but sad face of the daughter staring blankly at Mom, waiting for the conversation that never came.
Mom was curled around her cell phone as she dined, glancing up only occasionally. I actually commented on her behavior at one point to my party, though I doubt she heard me, engrossed as she was in the apparently fascinating world of T-Mobile.
At the end of their meal, Mom actually snapped her fingers in her daughter’s face as she tossed her the credit card, never ceasing her other conversation. Daughter trotted off to pay the bill, and that was that, Sunday morning brunch concluded.
Instances like this remind me how important it is to be actively enjoying and experiencing the moments we’re paying for, no matter the scale. Cell phones, Blackberries and the like make it simple for anyone to reach us anywhere, but also for anyone to interrupt us in the middle of anything. Emergencies are one thing, but to turn aside from the ones you’re with to focus on someone else tells them they don’t rank too highly within your social hierarchy.
Why spend the time or the money to go out for a meal with a loved one at all if your actions are going to tell them they’re not significant enough to receive your undivided attention? Why lay money out for an experience if you’re not going to be fully there?"
By Sasha..... (http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/)
****How it translates to in massage industry****
Based on my experience in doing seated chair massage, this is far too common for many massage therapists. They don't concentrate on the client that is actually on their chair. They are too busy texting someone, on the phone, trying to talk to other people who are walking by the massage booths, or talking to the person next to them massaging. This is one of the reasons why some massage therapists do such a poor job. They are socially multitasking to where they can't produce a good massage. Even if it's 5 minutes long.
When you do a chair massage. The best way is to actually be quiet and let the client relax and enjoy the massage. The less stimuli there is, the better the massage is. Even newer massage therapists who practice this can actually give a better massage than a seasoned veteran who has much more experience/technique, but spend too much time multitasking.