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:
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.
You definitely need a different kind of chair.
It sounds like the old chair needs oil. You would think one of the deputies would be able to take care of that!
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.....
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?
I think it was because the arms are getting torn up, the plastic foam stuff was coming off. The squeaking doesn't help, however.
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Yes, I do! :)
Cat
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
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
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
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