Sunday, February 05, 2017

The story of the three chairs. And counting...

In the sub, I have a desk.  And that’s fine, I can do my work for one section of the office, take notes when I need to, I have a phone, and a computer, and several forms and information to use, and give out.

And… I have a running battle of late with… 

The chairs.

We had a pretty nice office chair, sort of a red colored seat, with black, and it was pretty cushy.  It has started showing its age, but I still like it.  However, I showed up about 3 or so weeks ago, and there was a new chair.  A black one, with a taller seat.  I thought I would just adjust it.  No dice, it was as low as it was going to get.  So, I sat.  

And realized, it also was tipped forward slightly.  Just enough that I felt like I was going to slide out, if I sat for any length of time.  I didn’t realize it, but I was compensating by leaning back, and holding myself “up” by my toes, sort of ‘on pointe’, if you will.  This did NOT work.  I ended up with cramps in my back and legs by the end of the day. 

So, the next week I used the red colored chair I’d mentioned before.  It was sitting in the back, I just rolled it up to the desk and sat.  SQUEEE-AAAAK!

Hm.  Well, no one is here, and I don’t care, so I will just use it.  And what a symphony of noise ensued!  Groaning, squeaking, grinding noises, some low pitched whines… And then 2 deputies came in to catch up on paperwork.  After about 15 minutes or so, there was a comment about the noise. 

My sin?  I would turn my head from the computer to the papers in front of me, and then click the computer mouse, and look up again.  This basically made a continuous Squee-click-Squank, about every minute or two.  After a comment about what was going to happen to the chair if it kept up, (nothing mentioned about the user, but I really thought I should do something), I quickly went back to the black chair.  And a mild case of leg cramps.

So, last week, I used a non-office-y, plain old chair with padding, that they have sitting out for back office visitors.  Sort of a gray-pink think, with gray metal legs.  

It worked… Except it grips like iron, so when someone would come to the desk, and I would need to come up and talk to them, I would have to do a rather heavy push against the desk to move the chair back.  Once, the desk, rather than the chair, moved. Not much, but enough to convince me I need to find a different chair.


Next week, the deputies will find one of the conference table chairs missing… 





10 comments:

Sharon said...

That's the thing about changes, they aren't always good. I wonder if the red chair was squeaking and you didn't notice it at first, and that's why someone replaced it.

stephen Hayes said...

You definitely need a different kind of chair.

messymimi said...

It sounds like the old chair needs oil. You would think one of the deputies would be able to take care of that!

Dreaming said...

LOL I can commiserate with you. I totally understand. Sometimes I feel like Goldilocks and I try different chairs in meeting rooms. This one is too soft! This one is slanted the wrong way! This one.....

Cperz said...

What a coincidence! I, too just got a new desk chair and am trying to befriend it. So far we are just barely acquaintances. I am really short and I can't get this one high enough to be up even with my keyboard. I feel like I am reaching upward.

I hate that you are getting leg cramps with the new black chair. Can the older chair get oiled or whatever it takes to make it shut up?

Cat said...

I think it was because the arms are getting torn up, the plastic foam stuff was coming off. The squeaking doesn't help, however.

Cat

Cat said...

Yes, I do! :)
Cat

Cat said...

I could probably take care of it, but I keep forgetting to ask Husband for an oil can. There is none that I could find there, but I haven't gone digging too deeply...

Cat

Cat said...

This is a fairly recent problem for me, and I have NEVER had a chair that is pointed the way that one is. I can't see how anyone could sit comfortably on it! But, we shall see...

Cat

Cat said...

The one chair and I have decided to be enemies. And yes, if I would remember to bring some oil, it would probably be fine, squeak wise, but it has some physical damage, that might render it gone... Time shall tell.

Cat