Change.. not always for the better.
Monday, February 20, 2006
I knew it was going to happen. Some of the people downstairs were complaining over a week ago about theirs.. today, I made it to my law carrel and found my new chair. I have to say, I am less than excited. Then again, according to the law school grapevine, nobody is that excited. Here are MY reasons.
#1) I like to lean back when I read. Granted, the other chairs didn't lean me back either, but I was not forced to set upright in the "grandma driver" position. In the other chairs I could hold myself upright when I wanted to type or lean over a book. Yet somehow, I was also given the liberty to get comfortable and lean backwards a tad. I have not yet learned how to truly get comfortable in these chairs.
#2) According to an email send out to the students these NEW chairs are supposed to match the decor better. Too bad they didn't get what they ordered.. maybe? The top of my desk is a very nice marbled slate blue. The chair is a very nice forest green with little orange and red flecks in it. The carpet is an off white grayish business thing. The bookshelves surrounding me are a very offensive orange, which the previous chairs did match. Now.. nothing actually matches or really compliments each other AT ALL.
#3) What would my chair match? Well, if I threw up a vegan casserole on the floor, we might have a close match. However, since Sweet Melissa's is so good, I will not be throwing it up in an effort to better my environment.
#4) Invasive lumbar support irritates my back.. this char is invasive and is attempting, I believe, to support that part of my back. While I may just be getting some kind of lower back exercise while setting here, I doubt it. Then again, maybe the chair just wasn't made for a 6 foot tall man. However, the average height for a non hispanic white male in the U.S. is man is 5 feet 10.2 inches, so... am I really far enough off to warrant discomfort?
#5) The stain on the wood does not match the carrels. Decorator faux pas number 532, do not mix and match your woods.
#6) I should be studying right now. Instead I am lamenting about how much I hate this chair. Have they really served a purpose?
#7) The other chairs are still .. right.. over.. there. Of coarse, physical plant (according to the signage) is supposed to come pick the old chairs up and get rid of them. So apparently I am going to be tempted for another week to two months with the sight of comfort and a "do not touch" sticker.
#8) Didn't we need new books??? Yes, I know, the email said that the cost of repairing the old chairs was equivalent to one new book per chair. However, were they all broken? Mine wasn't. As a former debater, I am required to question the cost benefit analysis.
I will grant these chairs two things.
First: all of these defects seem to be in either manufacturing or may be attributable to a poor catalogue reproduction of the item and color choices.
Second: They hold me higher on my keyboard so that I am over the keys, possibly increasing the time until my inevitable carpal tunnel syndrome. The possibility that this could have entered into the calculations in buying new chairs just goes to show how the outside world would truly fare if everyone were a lawyer.
*There is actually a film about it on this page: "Everyone's A Lawyer"*
posted by ZEUS @ 10:00 AM,
