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Aeron Chairs As Stupidity Barometers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the butt-of-the-beholder dept.

McSpew writes: "This article at Salon describes how much startup venture money went to buying $700 Aeron chairs. Personally, I think Aerons suck. I'm sitting in one now and my back is killing me--I can never get this damn chair adjusted right, or to get it to stay in a configuration close to comfortable for very long. The wonderful high-tech mesh fabric acts like sandpaper and wears holes in my pants. I honestly miss the boring chair I had at my last job. Am I the only person who hates Aerons?" Aerons are stylish, but not everyone finds them the comfortable work chairs they're supposed to be. Here's one that looks truly comfortable.

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  1. new invention! by austad · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Sometimes, when using my RealDoll, I get repetitive motion injuries. I wonder if Herman Miller could combine the Aeron design with the RealDoll... Maybe then it would be OSHA certified. I don't want to have to sue RealDoll for my injuries, the jury might think I'm a weirdo or something, even though they would probably all be secretly wishing for some private time with the RealDoll.

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  2. I know it's offtopic, but... by cyberdonny · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ... I've some Karma to burn, so here it goes anyways: More informative than Slashdot

  3. Heh heh by JediTrainer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I worked as a consultant for a large Canadian law firm which shall remain nameless which put these chairs in ALL of their boardrooms.

    I use another barometer, though. They deployed MS Site Server v3 on their intranet. 'Nuff said.

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  4. Sigh... /.'d already by Vladinator · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The second link is already unreachable.

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