Many people feel the need to walk around while talking on the phone. This may be due to the fact that they have a kinesthetic learning style. In order to learn and think properly, these kind of people may feel the need to have their legs moving beneath them.
Standing up or walking around has the added benefit of increasing the blood flow to the brain and easing the flow of oxygen into the lungs. The result is that the persons feel more alert, are able to think more clearly, and ultimately, are able to make better decisions.
If this is the case, then why oh why are the office spaces that we live and work in not designed for walking and talking? This seems like a significant ergonomic hazard that has been sorely overlooked for too long!
I propose that every office building should have a “walk-n-talk-track”. This would be a sort of an obstacle course (changed periodically to make it interesting), separated from the rest of the office with sound absorbent material, enabling the kinesthetic people to walk and talk their whole merry day, leaving the rest of us in peace!
So, architects of the world UNITE! Give us the “walk-n-talk-track” in every office space today!
