I had to read this story twice, because it seemed so odd. It comes from Sweden. A pharmacy chain is giving their employees 15 minutes a week to call or text a friend during work. They are calling it "Friendship hour.(For the month) It's supposed to help loneliness and safeguard relationships. It appears that they are paying employees to make these calls or texts. They also give a $100 stipend for social activities.
A couple things came to mind: how lonely could they be in a pharmacy? They are paying people to call their friends, does that really sound okay? Do you tell your friend why you're calling? Would it sound like this: "I am at work, but they want me to call friends so I'm calling you."
It is a test program, but it would be even more interesting to see what they find out. Giving employees an extra one hour a month as a break is nice, but I think it's really odd they are telling them what to do during that time. Maybe it's just me, but it's an unusual story.
Can you imagine heading to work trying to figure out what friend you're going to call at work? There were very few pictures to post below where someone was on the phone at work, but it's unlikely they are calling a friend, but you never know.
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