Thomas Martel is a “big guy,” and he has trouble using the increasingly-small user interfaces on devices like his new iPhone. So he did what any complete nutjob reasonable person would do and had surgery to make his thumbs thinner. The procedure involved shaving down his thumb bones, carefully altering the muscles, and modifying the fingernails.

This may well be the vanguard of an entirely new branch of plastic surgery, but I’m disturbed by the quote from his surgeon:

We’re turning plastic surgery from something that people use in service of vanity, to a real tool for improving workplace efficiency.

Um.

So in addition to needing a degree from a prestigious college, the ambitious workers of the future will need to list their workplace-friendly body mods on their resumes.

Link (via BoingBoing)