I'm freelancing on-site at another fun agency today. While coming up with puns relating to space, I realized one thing.
I'm allergic to desk chairs. Maybe not allergic, but I have a really strong aversion to them.
For one, they force you to sit up straight. At home, I sit on my couch with the laptop either on a cooling pad on my lap, or on the coffee table. It's a nice setup and probably really terrible for my already bad posture, but my body is used to it. When I work on-site at different agencies, which I love doing because it gets me out of the house and I get to meet other people in my field, I don't have a choice between kitchen chair, love seat, counter top, couch, floor, bed, toilet seat, and picnic table outside when it's nice. It's desk chair all the way.
Not to mention, desk chairs, plus continual snacking are the #1 leading cause of Office Butt.
Office Butt (n.): When you sit in a desk chair and your butt expands to fit the size of the base of the chair, this new chair sized shape is called "office butt."
You know how some snakes will grow as big as their cages will let them? Office Butt is JUST LIKE THAT.
I've only been here 7 hours and I can feel this happening already. To battle it, I'm going to trick my butt into thinking I'm at home by bringing in my couch cushion, or one of those blow up things that people with hemorrhoids sit on.
Think anyone will notice? If they do, I'm just going to say, "Hey man, this really expensive desk chair hurts my back and is definitely giving me office butt, but I'm willing to do what it takes to work here, because, you know what? I like you guys, and coming up with puns is fun, and NOT getting all cabin-fevery because I didn't leave the house in 2 days and didn't even notice is even better." After which, they'll probably hire me full-time, or give me a bonus, or at least a high-five. It all works out in the end.
5 comments:
Office butts are firm & molded. Couch butts are squishy.
Had to delete that spammy comment. SPAMMY!!
I too hate office chairs, but for the opposite reason - they are so uncomfortable that I cannot sit up straight. Every office I've ever worked in has had those horrible itchy rolling desk chairs that weigh a million pounds but probably only cost 45 dollars at Office Depot. I've thought about getting a lumbar support, but I can't quite convince myself to take that step.
These office chairs are really nice, and therefore promote good posture. I'm SO not used to it!!
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