30 May 2010

Comfort and Price Sometimes Come Very Close.

For the past 2-3 years my wife has been using a metal folding chair at her laptop. I thought nothing of it and she never said anything. She had a computer problem and I needed to sit down and correct it before it got worse. The point is that I had to sit down and think it out to fix it. That hunk of metal hurt after a short while. The part that confounded me was that she never complained except for a couple of mentions about maybe looking into getting a chair someday and using an overstuffed cushion, which previous to this looked foolish. I now knew better! I went onto a few of the mainstream retailers and a few on-line shops that sold office furniture and other goodies I might like. We got a few ideas and some comparative pricing and went to get a chair that was on sale at a major office supply retailer and it looked like a great deal. I should say that the sale items were not something to write home about. I finally convinced her to get a higher end chair because they would tend to be more supportive AND comfortable and the price difference was only $30 more than the one on sale. The only thing better than having it delivered would be to have someone set it up as well. What a difference a good piece of furniture makes over a bad one.

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