It sounds a lot like those misbegotten standing airline seats (https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/standing-up-airplane-seat/index.html https://www.cnn.com/trave

It sounds a lot like those misbegotten standing airline seats (https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/standing-up-airplane-seat/index.html https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/standing-up-airplane-seat...) and it's another example of what happens when bean counters get control of things.