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it starts at a $1 chair and ends when lawsuits demand $1000 Herman Miller chairs.
by mlrtime 11y ago
it starts at a $1 chair and ends when lawsuits demand $1000 Herman Miller chairs.
- jessriedel 11y agoI know mlrtime's comment probably isn't conducive to a good discussion, but it's worth noting that his example isn't that crazy. There are lots of extremely expensive adjustable desks for folks who want to stand up while they work, and most are bought by government agencies or large lumbering firms. http://store.focalupright.com/sphere-standing-desk-p/let-1000.htm http://store.focalupright.com/sphere-standing-desk-p/let-100... http://www.thehumansolution.com/uplift-950-electric-sit-stand-l-shaped-solid-wood-desk.html http://www.thehumansolution.com/uplift-950-electric-sit-stan... http://www.ergodepot.com/Focal_Locus_p/focal-locus.htm http://www.ergodepot.com/Focal_Locus_p/focal-locus.htm It's not that courts mandate super expensive desks per se, but their mandate interacts with several other institutional disfunctions and, in real life, leads to mid- and lower-level employees buying $10k desks on someone else's dime.
- pc86 11y agoIt's a pretty large mental leap to go from "you have the right to sit down" to "you have the right to sit in this specific chair that [in the case of cashiers or bank tellers] costs 4-6 months of your salary"