Why NO FUN at work?

This is a serious question and I'd really like to engage you in considering answers. I have done a little research - and I admit to not being especially skilled - to find publications that can explicate and enumerate reasons for no fun at work. And I haven't found very much.

Here are some of the reasons that I have seen articulated:

• There is no time for fun. 
• Fun is counterproductrive (if not unproductive). 
• Business is serious. It is not professional to have fun. 
• Fun is disruptive. 
• There is a workplace, not a play ground; there is a workforce not a play force.
• Fun requires people to participate whether they want to or not.
• Fun carries the risk of offense to colleagues.

There are probably other reasons and rationales. One that comes to mind is that leadership is not comfortable with the idea of fun at work. 

So help me out, please. Why is fun at work such a hard sell?

Play Therapy

I found a pamphlet for an organization called Association for Play Therapy (http://www.a4pt.org/) and they seem to be a real and reliable organization. They offer some outcomes for play:

• Builds trust and mastery
• Fosters learning and acceptable behaviots
• Regulates emotions
• Reduces anxieties
• Promotes creative thinking and problem-solving
• Encourages open communication
• Elevates spirit and self-esteem

In short, play is a good thing. Not all the time, to be sure, but every now and again. Perhaps we should consider adding play as a part of our personal and professional lives.

June 6 -- D-DAY AND National Doughnut Day

June 6th is the 70th anniversary of D-Day and deserves to be celebrated with great appreciation for the men and women who participated in the landings. And here are some anagrams to solve to help remember:

HEROINESWE
DSORW
NUJO
HAAMO
LOGD
HUTA
INSOVAIN
RORDLVEO
SODAGENTLY (2 words)

June 6th is also National Doughnut Day.

http://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/doughnut-day/

I plan to pick up some deep-fat tasty treats and bring them to the cigar store where my dad and I occasionally hang out and eat one and smoke a nice stogie. How do you plan to celebrate? (Checkout the Kresge Business School Library - they own this day!)