The Importance of Chairs

I don't have much time to write tonight, as I have a friend (Mike) coming to visit me for the weekend! I'm very thankful, as I was staring at a lonely, boring weekend ahead. So, company is a good thing.

I forgot to mention yesterday about the chair episode at work. I received an email from my direct supervisor, advising me that I was sitting in a blue chair that matched two of three chairs in another room. I would have to give up my chair so that the chairs in the back room would all match. Keep in mind... I've been sitting in this blue chair for a year now, and the chairs in the room I sit in have NEVER matched. I was also told that a mysterious "green" chair should make an appearance and be available for me to sit in. I went to visit with my supervisor and let her know that I was not exciting about giving up my chair. She again explained how important it was for the chairs in the sales room to match. Then she made the comment that there were only THREE blue chairs (two of them were in the sales room). I proceeded (without much caution) to make her aware that SHE was sitting in a similar blue chair, and SHE sits in a room by herself - with no other chairs to match. Anyway... she said something like, "well, I guess we could pick chairs based on seniority." (Time lapse.) Later, said green chair finds its way to my room. Said green chair is one of those $40 Office Depot chairs with about four pieces - bottom, back, arm-rests and wheels. Yeah... that WASN'T going to happen. I'm not sure how things worked themselves out, but apparently there was enough pushback from other non-green chair people that the chair switching did not happen. (Though who's to say I won't get into the office on Monday morning to find my comfy blue chair gone and a ratty green "stool" in it's place!)