This is getting absurd.
I have particular requirements for a computer chair at my desk. Specifically, the gas height adjustment needs to be able to go down low enough to fit under my computer desk and its keyboard tray. I’ve been through half a dozen chairs and only ever found one that fit. The last one I had to make fit by removing the casters, which was hardly an ideal solution since this is a carpeted area and moving that thing was an exercise in frustration.
To today we’re in Staples and they have a manager’s chair on for $69.99. I’ve had this one before and had no trouble with it – we just ended up wearing it out, hence the continual quest for suitable replacement. They had a demo out on the floor. I sat on it and it was plenty low enough to go under the desk. I knew this because my feet rested perfectly flat on the floor, which is my off-the-cuff litmus test for any computer desk seating candidate.
So we buy it. I bring it home and assemble it. It came with screws and one of those damned Allen keys I hate so much. Fortunately the screws were designed that you could use a nut driver to drive them in, which is exactly what I did. So assembled, I sit.
My feet don’t sit flat on the floor. It’s too damn tall. I can sit under my computer desk as per normal just fine, if a bit high, but I also like crossing my legs in my seat (I know, probably a bad habit, but it’s comfortable) and at that point my keyboard drawer ends up resting on my legs rather than it is runners like it should.
So now I’m left to ask, why the hell is the demo model just fine but the chair I get home isn’t? This is the fifth damn chair I’ve been through since the first one wore out.
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