HAMILTON, ON – Local man Ian Barslow sat in a chair for 40-minutes doing absolutely nothing while he waited for his iPhone battery to charge, sources at an open house reported yesterday.
“He just plugged it in and sat down,” one witness recalled. “His eyes were open the whole time but something seemed off, like he’d shut down or something.”
Barslow, who could have used the time to stretch his bad ankle, go outside and get fresh air, or make verbal contact with other human beings in the vicinity, was seen barely moving for nearly an hour. The motionless Barslow also avoided other activities he’d been previously advised to do by his doctor, such as using the time to do push-ups to combat his sedentary lifestyle, drink a glass of water, or eat a piece of fresh fruit.
At one point, Barslow also ignored a passing dog, which he could have easily started petting.
“I asked him why he wasn’t moving,” said friend James Snyder. “He just told me he had nothing to do.”
Although most who witnessed Barslow’s prolonged inactivity confirmed he didn’t once get out of his chair while waiting for his phone to charge, some passersby mentioned that he wasn’t completely still the whole time, and did move his arms after waiting 25-min in order to check the phone’s battery indicator.
