LEGOs, Avatars and Your Home.
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LEGOs
An Exercise in Raising Awareness of Your Home
This is not a typical Thursday morning meeting, today our team members build their own avatars with LEGOs. Yes, I said LEGOs, the bulky multi colored rectangle shaped building blocks that have managed to work their way into our children’s toy boxes, robotics and now box office films. The staff are provided with instructions to create a “work avatar” and a personal avatar with the provided LEGOs. “An avatar is a graphical representation of a person, alter ego or character in games or internet activities.” https://vhil.stanford.edu/mm/2013/lee-cbsn-mask-mind.pdf
A flurry of activity occurs as containers filled with various heads, mini hands, clothing options and accessories were vied for, shared and sorted through. The volume in the room escalates with eruptions of jokes and laughter. Creativity is alive.
An active forum about personal style and preferences was created during this activity. Choosing physical attributes of the avatar such as hair color, glasses, or color palate of clothing and accessories are easy and obvious descions. Arguably, the more subtle expression of “personality traits like agreeableness may be solidified by the selection of faces with wide open eyes or short hair which infers conscientiousness” according to literature, Avatar.
Avatars in the making.
Each of the chosen LEGO blocks interlink in specific ways much like our cultural influences, religious background, physical limitations and education define our roles and relationships. These influences also predicate our needs and style in our homes. The discusion progreses towards awareness of client’s expectations and preferenes, such as “blocking counter top items forward, closer to the counter edge facilitates a clients’s restricted reach due being wheel chair bound” states one employee. Another team member gives the example, “Some religious house holds defer having the master bed made by others while others prohibit dusting shrines.” Awareness and sensitivity to the signifcance of these preferences is paramount in professional residential service.
Colors, shapes, sizes and style play a factor in avatar creation and your home!
Much like selecting avatar colors, we gravitate towards certain color palates and styles for home decor. Interior design styles range from Mid Century Modern to Eclectic Style. It is important your service provider understands the style that appeals to you as a home owner so the set and staging is appropriate.
Your home is your santuary. We expect others, especially cleaning professionals, to have a similar respect and appreciation of our environment as they work within the most personal space of our home. After all, attendance to personal style and preferences is the individual hallmark, appeal and essence of your home.
Personal style and preferences are the individual hallmark, appeal and essence of your home.