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Standing rule only (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[-] dexa_scantron@lemmy.world 76 points 1 year ago

I switched to standing-only at work about 10 years ago and it's been great, except for a 2-year stretch where the cleaners in the building I worked in would somehow find a free desk chair and push it under my desk every. single. night. So every morning when I got to work there'd be an office chair sitting on my standing mat and I'd have to find somewhere to put it. I tried moving it far away, finding a chairless desk on the other side of the building, but somehow they kept finding me a chair I didn't want and rolling it onto my mat. Eventually I got a little guest stool and would pull that over onto my mat when I left, and that worked as a decoy chair and kept them from adding a chair. Maybe this comic was about them.

[-] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 38 points 1 year ago

It's probably a dumb question but have you tried leaving them a note?

[-] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sir this is Lemmy. We don't interact with people for trivialities.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Or just keeping the chair around. OP already said it: Guest chair. Actually you should have two for that purpose, it's also not wrong to sit down to have your coffee.

Pick your battles. Fighting with cleaning staff about this kind of stuff is like fighting with your grandma about whether or not you're still hungry. Yes, yes you are: Shut up, eat, and fast tomorrow.

[-] dexa_scantron@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

This was years ago. And I did try a note! It didn't work.

[-] Vampiric_Luma@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Janitor. Honestly it's weird they're moving anything at all, but notify the boss and they'll notify the contract holder who will whip them into shape.

Businesses spend a gross amount on janitors and it's a cut-throat business. If they don't want the contract that bad, someone else very much does. Nothing to lose but your sanity. ;P

Worth keeping in mind if it happens in the future and notes don't work.

[-] onion@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Afaik standing for long periods is also bad for your health. Frequently switching is where it's at

[-] Maco1969@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

We are kind of unique in our ability to sit on chairs, the majority of animals throughout evolutionary history have some form of tail. Imagine we meet aliens and every species is incapable of sitting on a chair, it'd make start trek look a little foolish.

[-] Eagle0600@yiffit.net 25 points 1 year ago
[-] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Of course the furries have thought of this…

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago

Everyone acts like furries are just a fetish group, when they're really futurologists preparing for first cintact.

[-] outer_spec@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

You say this like futurologists aren’t already kinky as hell

[-] Naz@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago

We can sit on chairs but slouching on stuff is way more comfortable.

Source: Dated a human girl, everything got in the way. After two weeks we found a pose that finally worked in terms of seating/cuddle compatibility.

;3

[-] outer_spec@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

hey op. who’s “we”?????

[-] 4am@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

We’re also the only ones who can throw with such accuracy that we made sports with it.

I saw a post that said something like “imagine aliens show up and their minds are fucking blown by throwing and catching”

[-] Novman@feddit.it 4 points 1 year ago

Cats sit on chair everyday

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[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 1 year ago
[-] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 year ago

You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd like a desk that would walk with me.

This is what I like about smartphones. I can just use it while walking around the room. Or at least while spinning on one of those rotating chairs.

As a matter of fact, I am walking around in the kitchen as I am typing this.

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

I have a treadmill desk at work.

[-] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Make sure your chair has good casters

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Vision Pro and simulated keyboard?

[-] Cheskaz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I have back issues that make sitting and standing still for any length of period very painful. If I had the money to get a Vision Pro, I would genuinely consider moving from Android to Apple.

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

The thing I don't understand is why it's more popular to have motorized desks that go up and down instead of just having fixed desks at standing height and taller chairs.

[-] Fal@yiffit.net 30 points 1 year ago

Sitting on a chair that you can't put your feet on the ground is extremely uncomfortable. Even if they have a bar to put them on at the base, it's still a very awkward position

[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

I can tell the person who asked this is short, short people seem to be used to this and don't feel uncomfortable like that. At least, according to my wife. I always feel very uncomfortable if my feet can't be on the ground.

[-] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Probably helps that their legs are wayy lighter though. Square-cube law strikes again.

I actually like sitting up high, but I just tried sitting on my desk and I reflexively tensed my thigh muscles to keep my legs slightly raised. Otherwise the dead weight of my legs pulls me forward against the edge of the desk, which is uncomfortable. Maybe a short person can chime in with their own experience lol

[-] Liz@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

I worked at a standing desk with a tall chair that had a bar for your feet. I found it was downright perfect. But, every solution will have the lovers and the haters.

[-] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Wait, you're not supposed to put your feet on the chair?

[-] 4am@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

You ever fall off a barstool at a Chili’s when you’re gonna go piss because you forgot that the high tops where the only tables available?

I don’t wanna bring that embarrassment to the office.

[-] technohacker@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

Well the taller chairs would be a problem with the higher center of gravity I imagine

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because of people like me who are much taller than the average person and would have a hard time using a set position desk that's made for people between 5'4'' and 5'9''. It's also bad ergonomics to sit so high your feet don't reach the ground.

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[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I miss the electric standing desk at my old job. It also came with this skateboard thing to balance on that was pretty nice.

[-] THE_MORTAL@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

I misread "I miss the electric chair and was confused"

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago
[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

A balance board, it was just a curved board. Same idea but easier to use.

[-] outer_spec@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago

if i could walk while sitting I would

[-] FakeGreekGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago

Isn't that why office chairs have wheels?

[-] RealJoL@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Let me introduce you to wheelchairs*!

*^Accessibility ^may ^not ^be ^guaranteed

[-] vikingqueef@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

standing an kneeling are so much better for the torso, back and hips than sitting in a tradchair

[-] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I swear my toddler is growing up to be Jim, she just plays standing all day. Hardly ever sits on the floor and the whole table-chair-concept is being ignored. Whenever she's eating it seems like she belongs next to a food truck.

[-] mmagod@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

a pneumatic table is definitely one of my must-haves this year.. just so darn expensive

[-] CryptidBestiary@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Sometimes you get tired of sitting in a chair all day. Especially if you don't work from home

[-] Maco1969@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's not really sitting though is it...

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