Aeron Chairs As Stupidity Barometers

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.

Why just the chair?

[msheppard]

[Dundie Accent ON] You call that a Chair? That's not a chair. Now this [poetictech.com] is a chair.

People who disapprove the the chairs

[kleenx]

Well, there seems to be a decent amount of people who disapprove of the Aeron chairs.

I would like to offer a solution. To help us po' college boys who cant afford a $700 chair, but have to sit in a chair for 12 hours a day trying to code to finish while skipping all meals (well, mac and cheese is TECHNICALLY a meal). *takes another deep breath* I would be willing to offer to take the chairs off people hands ;) Of course i'll pay shipping! And us poor fools who can barely afford the $35,000 a year tuition (yes, we got a $360 million dollar grant, and they hike tuition anyway), can have one of these chairs. (Lets not go into how much books costs!)

For the bunch of us who dont like to go into the fancy management rooms and steal them (I know ppl who have done that), we are sitting on what might as well be concrete.

For all those who sponser a po' boy, you will recieve a photo with your new donation, as well as a life story ;) So act now and help save a poor suffing boy's behind.

Re:aerons are great...BUT!

[Bake]

true ....

But have you ever sat in a "fart chair"?

If you don't know what a fart chair is, it's a chair that's been farted a lot in.

You can only fart so many times before the odour sticks to the chair.
When that happens you'll get a nice puff of fresh fart everytime you sit down.

Re:Uh yeah...

[msheppard]

The chair's are a BAROMETER.
That's like blaming the weather on the BAROMETER.
The article is pointing to these chairs as a useful guide to how much a company is wasting the venture capital they get.

i.e. a BAROMETER
Boy it's hot in here, stupid thermometer.

Re:salon.bomb...oh the irony

[dhamsaic]

Oh yeah, and anyone who spends 700 fucking dollars on a chair deserves to go broke. IMHFO. For that price it had better massage my back, do my taxes, and wipe my ass automatically. :-) - it does do all that - and it sucks on your toes too! if you're into that kinda thing, anyway...

Re:aerons are great...

[MeNeXT]

1 use and aeron at home. when i first got it, i spend a considerable amount of time getting it adjusted to suit me perfectly. that means setting the height so your feet rest on the ground, setting up the lumbar support properly, getting the correct tilt both forward and backward, getting the armrest height set properly, etc. it can be a chore, but if you take the time to do it, it truly is one of the most comfortable chairs.

Setting up Linux is less trouble than this. I can have a box up and running in an hour if not less fully configured before i'd get this cjair set just right for me!...but it does look cool.

The Aeron is great, when I'm not paying the bill

[micromoog]

I sit in an Aeron at work, and it's great! Truly comfortable for sitting on one's ass for many hours straight.

Of course, there's no way in hell I'd pay the $700 for one of these at home . . . but the laid-off VP whose office I lifted this one from doesn't seem to mind.

Re:Uh yeah...

[Carbon Blob]

It's pronounced "thermometer".

Re:aerons are great...BUT!

[Deffexor]

The biggest problem that I have with Aerons is that they have no sound dampening and odor absorbing properties. "Why is this important", you ask?

Imagine going out for a nice beef and bean burrito for lunch. Ya come back to work and you gotta fart like it's nobody's business. (In fact it is nobody's business except yours.) But those Aerons are no help. Ya try and let them sneak out silently, but inevidably a loud one gets out and all your co-workers are pointing their fingers at you. Not to mention their other hand holding their noses. :-)

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As funny as this sounds, I'm actually quite serious.