Document Type
Division and Classification Essay
Publication Date
1991
Excerpt
For many young urban professionals, play has become as serious a matter as their advancement in the corporate market place. For them, play is something they do to insure productivity at work. In fact for some, play requires much discipline because they must force themselves to stop working long enough to play. A well organized yuppie will try to schedule a calculated variety of play activity each week, trying to touch on each type of play once a month. Most yuppies believe that if they don't follow this routine, their productivity level will diminish and they will "burn out." They very carefully plan their play time in order to meet specific needs. The play activities fall into five major categories, each meeting a different need: physical, social, intellectual, rest and relaxation, and the "quickie." Of course, these categories overlap both in types of activity and purpose. Nevertheless, they may be distinguished in terms of their primary aim.
Recommended Citation
Witham, Cheryl, "Serious Play: The Yuppie Syndrome (1991)" (1991). The Valpo Core Reader. 382.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/382