Yep, THAT’S Why I Joined the Navy
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86778)
United States
October 6, 2024 9:24pm CST
Navy recruiters are going at it all wrong! “Join the Navy, see the world” (truth: see the inside gray bulkheads of a ship), etc. Nah, they need to tout those massage chairs.
I went to the civilian allergist last week. He wrote a prescription, so I went up to the hospital to get it filled. While up there, I ordered new prescription sunglasses…and, since the relaxation room is next to the optical shop, I went over there to wait in luxury for my prescription to be filled.
These are relatively new, and I’m not sure many people know about them. They are massage chairs with three types of massage (shiatsu, kneading, or vibration), heat, a bunch of positions (sitting to “lie down”), and other joys to get you in a good mood for 15-30 minutes. While they don’t have “relaxing music” playing, they have the cool video of the dolphins swimming playing if you want to open your eyes and watch it.
Yep, that’s why I joined the Navy. 
Photo is the TV screen showing dolphins, taken from the massage chair (with my feet propped up in the leg massage feature).
Photo is the TV screen showing dolphins, taken from the massage chair (with my feet propped up in the leg massage feature).10 people like this
9 responses
@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
7 Oct 24
Might be why they require everyone to wipe them down after usage. (I don’t care for vibration settings anymore, so the shiatsu rollers are fine for me.)
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
8 Oct 24
@porwest - alas, just the Clorox wipes…
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
8 Oct 24
@FourWalls That would be funny if they had a towel and a bottle of Windex hanging beside them. lol
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
7 Oct 24
I wanted to join the Navy; but I wanted to be an officer. To be an officer you had to have a college degree. At the time I only had a year and a half of college credits. I still have only 3 years of college. Have a good week.
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
7 Oct 24
You could have done it the hard way (gone through the enlisted ranks and became an officer), but that meant you’d have to scrub heads. 
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
7 Oct 24
@LindaOHio — truth be told, I found cleaning the coffee mess more offensive….
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
7 Oct 24
@FourWalls NO WAY. I told myself I would NEVER clean a public restroom....even if I was starving.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
8 Oct 24
If Bob Dole VA has that kind of room we have not heard about it.
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
7 Oct 24
You can get a shiatsu pad for $100 or so. It’s not as advanced as all the fancy things on a $9,000 massage chair, but it will do the trick.
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@LadyDuck (502657)
• Italy
7 Oct 24
@FourWalls - I have the shiatsu pad and it does not seem to help, but $ 9,000 is NO WAY. I could ask the doctor to prescribe massages and those are covered by the healthcare insurance.
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
7 Oct 24
Wish they’d had them when I joined…would have been nice coming back from KP to a massage chair.
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@JESSY3236 (22244)
• United States
8 Oct 24
Nice way to wait. They need that everywhere you have to wait.
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
9 Oct 24
They have chairs that gently move (not “rocking chairs” in the traditional sense) in the clinic waiting rooms now.
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@luisadannointed (11847)
• Philippines
7 Oct 24
Hi Fourwalls, you might not remember me but I remember you, this is the first time I I have read one of your articles for so long. And you are not talking about music.
You joined the navy because of the massage chairs? Lol! Have a great week! God bless.
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
7 Oct 24
No, it’s a joke. When I joined the Navy there weren’t any such things.
Great to see you, thanks for stopping by…and I’m still talking about music, fear not.
Great to see you, thanks for stopping by…and I’m still talking about music, fear not. 
@RasmaSandra (98026)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Oct 24
Sounds like they got great massage chairs,
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