Concept 3

The chairs located in the waiting room all represent the teeth in a persons mouth, there is pressure sensors on the cushion, when the person sits down a funny tooth animated drawing appears on the television screen, also on the chair is a keypad where the person enters his/her name the animated tooth now has the persons name, and on either chair arm there are heart rate monitors (like found on the running machine in the gym). The faster the persons heartrate the animated tooth on the television will begin to decay, so the person is required to try and control there heartrate and calm it down to a normal pace, once this is achieved the animated tooth on the television looks at its best, the aim is to keep the tooth at its best once this is reached a timer starts and records the length of time you can keep your heart rate relaxed. Your time goes onto a score board and at the end of every month, the person with the best time get a free clean from the dental hygienist, or if they prefer a nice electric toothbrush. This is aiming to distract the person with a possible reward, and is fun in an engaging sort of way. Also, watching other people in the waiting room trying to do it would be entertaining as well, so even if a person doesnt want to do it, they can get pleasure out of people who are.

Concept 2

DoodleMe – Inside of the waiting room, the walls would be covered with interactive white boards, and pens. The person waiting to see the dentist has the option to doodle on the boards, draw amazing artwork, play naughts and crosses with someone else waiting or even hangman. Often when people are worried about something or nervous, it helps to just doodle. Also, playing a doodle game with someone like hangman, creates social interaction and it can be quite amusing if someone draws a naughty or funny picture, giggles may occur. 

Concept 1

Inside of the waiting room, located on the wall would be a large interactive wordsearch on the wall, with 2 large pens attached to it (to prevent them from going missing), also a second interacive board showing the words that must be found. People in the waiting room can have a go at looking for the words, this would help to distract from worries and nerves and would be something subtly fun to do, and stimulating as well. One the wordsearch is complete a new fresh one would then show up. It is proven that wordsearches calm people, make them feel relaxed, so although this is not something hilariously fun, it is a nice stimulating experience.

Nerves?

http://www.jobs.co.za/job-seekers/career-advice/article/27/calming-your-job-interview-nerves

Anxiety
Nervousness
Fear

Jobseekers are all afraid of being rejected by a potential employer.

We all want to succeed. And we all yearn for acceptance.

Nerves can be displayed in various forms:

• Sweaty Palms
• Heart Palpitations
• Dry Mouth
• Some have panic attacks

Happy Job Interview Thoughts

We all desire for job interview acceptance. 

The fear of rejection can make a person sabotage their chances of employment before they have even entered the interview room.

'Stinking Thinking' leads to further stress, feeling of inadequacy and poor job interview confidence.

The power of positive thought - think positive about the interview and holding these encouraging 'happy' thoughts with you as approaching interview = will help to lessen the intensity of anxiety.

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Beat_Those_Nerves.html

http://www.yourjobinterview.com/Beat_Job_Interview_Nerves.html

Results for How people feel waiting in a Dentist?

On Friday 16th March i spent 1 hour in a dentist waiting room, my sister had an appointment and i went with her and i handed out a sheet with this question on it......

Give 3 words that sum up how you are feeling now whilst waiting for the dentist..... And why (optional).....

Person 1) Relaxed, Slightly Nervous

(i know i have to be here, i am not waisting my time and i don't have the feeling that i have to be somewhere else) ---- This person gave only 2 words

Person 2) Worried, Anxious, Tired

(how many fillings am i going to have to get this time?)

Person 3) Nervous, Scared, Worried

(Round two of my root canal this is going to hurt!)

Person 4 - my sister) Worried, Annoyed, Anxious

(How much is this going to cost me? And why are my teeth so weak? i have never been a big sweet eater and rarely drink fizzy drinks, can't wait til this is over with!)

Person 5) Fine -- this is all the person said

Person 6) Terrified, Scared, Upset

So in the space of time i was there, there was only 6 people so these are the results from them.

I am quite happy with the results i got as a lot of the words, reflect how i feel in the same environment so i can completely empathize with these people.

The feelings which i have chosen to work with are;

• Nervous
• Worried

as i think that they are common amongst a lot of people waiting in a dentistry.

Results for How people feel whilst waiting in an office waiting room for a job interview?

On Monday 12th March i had an interview for a job, recently quite a few of my peers have also had job interviews, i want to find out how other people feel when waiting in a office waiting room so i got some people to answer this....

Give 3 words that sum up how you are feeling whilst in an office waiting room, waiting for an interview..... And why (optional).....




Person 1 - ME) Nervous, Excited, Blank


(I am nervous that i will look stupid and go blank and forget everything that i want to talk about and things i know. But i am quite excited as i would love this job and i know i would be good at it.)




Person 2) Anxious, Sick, Unready 


(I have done nothing to prepare for this interview, so i will definitely not get the job!)




Person 3) Nervous


(Wonder what they are going to ask me?)




Person 4) Tense, Nervous, Butterflies




Person 5) Positive, Anxious, 


(Feel quite good about this, i have done a good bit of research on the position and i know the vibe i want to give off, i am looking forward for it to be over though)




Person 6) Sick, Nervous, Worried


(Do i look ok? I feel sick)




Person 7) Calm, Focused, Small bit Nervous


(I am ready for this interview, and i know my stuff, hope it goes well)




Person 8) Terrified, Scared, Sick


(I am definitely going to look stupid and they will probably laugh at me, i am F****D!)




Person 9) Nervous, Worried, 




I want to help peoples nerves before an interview, and make them feel calm and collected, instead of jittery and scared.

Types of FUN?

The question is what is Fun?......

1. Amusement
2. Clowning
3. Delightful
4. Enchanting
5. Engaging
6. Enjoyment
7. Entertaining
8. Gay
9. Glee
10. Happy
11. Interesting
12. Joking
13. Laughing
14. Merry
15. Playful
16. Pleasant
17. Pleasing
18. Pleasure
19. Recreation
20. Relaxation
21. Silly
22. Sport
23. Witty

Waiting Rooms

So there are lots of different types of waiting rooms;

• Doctors (people could be getting told bad news so i am going to stay away from this waiting room as it is hard to judge the variety of feelings which are in a doctors)
• Dentists (i am going to look further into this type of waiting room)
• Office - Waiting for a job interview (i am going to look further into this type of waiting room also)
• Train Station
• Bus Station

So the 2 types of waiting rooms that i will be doing further research on are, Dentist and Office - waiting for job interview. I will look into how people feel in these spaces, also what they stereotypically look like and finally into how i could make these rooms FUN!

Waiting Room.....

So there a variety of things and aspects of a waiting room which can be improved through FUN here are some:

• Magazines
• Television
• Radio
• Lighting/Lights
• Plants
• Chairs
• The Que
• Notice Boards
• Artwork
• Childrens Toys
• Information Pamphlets
• Sound

Waiting Rooms - Empathy

Waiting rooms can be found in doctors, dentists and offices, it is a place that is in all areas of the globe. And at some point everyone will have the opportunity to be in a waiting room. This is a place which i find can be extremely awkward and also intensely boring (in my local doctors if you make an appointment for 10.00 am there has been times when i have been waiting till 12 NOON!!!) So i can completely empathize with my audience, here are a few opinions and feeling below from others.


http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/social-anxiety/discussions/messages/12928135

The URL above contains a discussion on how people feel in waiting rooms. This is a brief view of their feelings/opinions:

• Looking at other people that sit across from you can be awkward.
• Getting stared at is also awkward.
• Magazines can be old and boring, hard to read when uncomfortable.
• Feeling of being analyzed.
• Feeling that you are being judged.
• Bored.

http://davidmaister.com/articles/5/52/

The URL above is an article on the Psychology of Waiting Lines.

• Its frustrating
• Demoralizing
• Agonizing 
• Aggravating
• Annoying 
• Time Consuming
• The waiting room experience in a service facility affects our overall perceptions of the quality of service provided.

I am going to do further research on how people feel and carry out a survey/questionnaire to gather some opinions on the matter.

The FunTheory Issues.......

• Lack of washing hands after people use the toilet.
• Rubbish in the labs in college - waste of paper (Recycling??).
• Throwing cigarettes on the floor (occurs a lot outside B Block).
• Passive smoking
• Cyclists on the footpath and not on the road.
• Food waste in the canteen.
• Waiting room boredom (hospital/dentist etc)