Last week I attended an event at AOL's offices in Mountain View, and afterwards I stepped into the first-floor men's bathroom. I was startled to see a doctor's scale, and it seemed just noteworthy enough to snap a photo. Why is it there? Is AOL trying to encourage their employees to lose weight? Are they running a contest? Is there a scale in the women's bathroom, too?
It was mystifying and compelling, in the way that slightly-out-of-context objects always are. And the answer to the obvious question: 176 lbs., which would be fine if they weren't slowly settling around my abdomen.