Naked Office - umm, why?

[bran]

Who thought that this would make good tv, and who the feck would agree to appear in such idiocy? And what on earth does attire or lack of it have to do with saving a failing business?

On the trailer the woman says "If they can do this, what can't they do?" I could do a list of what they can't do, top of the list would be look each other in the eye afterwards. In addition, I would suggest that whatever it was they couldn't do before they got their kit off, they still can't do it afterwards.

Honestly, a step too far in light-hearted reality tv I think.

Still, on the positive side, I bet Mary Whitehouse is spinning in her grave.

I saw a trailer for this earlier but wondered if I was hallucinating in my flu-ridden state.

Couldn't agree more. I would resign rather than go through that. It's like the cringiest 'nineties team-building exercise that only a complete sadist could invent.

Yes, I have seen trailers, but feel no need to watch it.

I would have quit before submitting to such a humiliating display of management's power over me. And prompting that sort of staff turnover is not great business, is it?!

Cross-post, TopsyKretts! That's a two-person walkout already. Any more and the shareholders will be calling for a vote of no confidence!

I got the impression that the workers aren't forced to removed their clothes (that would be a criminal offense surely). But, thinking back to when I worked in an office, even if I kept my clothes on I would rather have clawed out my own eyes than have to see some of my then co-workers naked. [yeuch]

Thank goodness for the small mercy of being permitted to keep one's own clothes on. But a very valid point about others...

Saw the last one. Was dumb. Won't be watching again. Who cares?

What, you mean someone commissioned a second series on such a slight (and slightly revolting) idea?

I can imagine the chain of logic in some tv execs mind. How to Look Good Naked is a hit, as are any number of business advice programmes (eg the Mary Portas one, Hotel Inspector, the one with him off Dragons' Den) so lets combine nudity with business advice.

I bet I could pitch a few likely shows. Top Gear and Songs of Praise are both popular, so why not have a show where hymns are sung outdoors and revving car engines are used instead of an organ. It couldn't be any worse than Naked Office.

Doctor Who has already been crossed with Midsomer Murders (the most recent episode, Amy's Choice), and it was quite effective! A village of old dears, shuffling about into very, very old age, but all the time inhabited by green, stalk-eyed creatures with literally pulverising breath.

'Twas all a dream, of course.