The downside of working from home.

[qwlauren35]

I really, really miss my office chair. My buttocks misses my office chair.

Worse than dogs barking during a conference call.

[Aristus]

1. That must really suck.

Want to trade places?

[qwlauren35]

2. Are you working in an office?

If not, I probably wouldn't want to trade places.

[Aristus]

3. A medical clinic.

I'll say one thing: when COVID-19 is gone, I'm going to take a looooong vacation...

[qwlauren35]

5. You've probably earned it.

And then some.

If you're getting comp time, maybe a trip abroad?

Or an escape to a beach?

Or a tour of the Grand Canyon and America's National Parks?

My fingers are crossed. Hopefully this time next year, things will be very different.

[Aristus]

10. I'm living for the day I can take a cruise of the Baltic Sea.

Mrs. Aristus and I like cruising, and obviously that industry is taking a beating right now. But with Mrs. Aristus afraid to fly, we've had to confine our cruises to the ones that depart locally, from Seattle, or Vancouver, B.C. It's time to fly (pun intended) further afield.

Mrs. Aristus has never visited Europe. I'm hoping one day within the next two years or so being able to take a cruise of the Baltic, and visit places like Germany (where I was stationed in the Army), Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, and the UK.

[qwlauren35]

11. If you have a WHOOOOOOOOOOLE lot of vacation

Which you have earned...

Maybe a Transatlantic Cruise.

Or, better still, THREE cruises. One to get you there, one to see everything, one to get you back!

It's possible that after you're done, you won't need to cruise for a while...

[donkeypoofed]

4. Working from home or living at work

I am glad I still get to go into the office !

[Skittles]

7. unless you routinely work 12-14 hours at a pop

I cannot sympathize

[qwlauren35]

12. Everyone is different.

Everyone has different jobs.

Everyone has different woes.

No, I work an 8 hour day. I was furloughed for a while, but now I'm back.

But other people who have work from home jobs like me may sympathize.

[Skittles]

13. I work from home and I need a new chair too

sitting in this thing for most part of 55 hours a week getting on my nerves - looks like due to the rapid increase in covid cases, investing in a better chair may be the prudent thing to do

[qwlauren35]

14. BTW

This is the DU Lounge. Light and lively.

A place where people share pictures of puppies.

If you couldn't sympathize, why not just skip to the next post?

[Skittles]

16. sorry

I'm just venting

[qwlauren35]

17. Fair enough.

I wish you and your buttocks the best of new chairs.

Fifty-five hours - yup, you deserve a new chair.

[avebury]

8. We were told that we could bring our work chair home

if we needed to. I wasn't interested in dragging it home but others have. It was bad enough bringing all my computer gear home.

[fleur-de-lisa]

18. That's what I did. I didn't even ask.

I have upper and lower back problems.

[ms liberty]

9. I went and bought one Saturday. My back was killing me after working from home last week

I've been on furlough since March, and when I came back last week it had become a mostly remote job. Which I'm okay with, but my old chair was cheap and twenty years old at least, lol. What I bought isn't a regular office chair, it's a gaming chair. It is amazingly comfy, it has the lower and mid back support I need when I'm sitting straight up at the computer, and a high back for my head when I lean back. It was only 200 bucks, at Office Depot. Editing to add, Office Depot had a great selection on the floor to try, and that was what I wanted; they also had it in stock. And the prices were quite fair. I was not going to buy a chair I hadn't sat in. Not if I have to sit in it 3-4 days a week for 8 hours!
On another note, we went to three stores: Best Buy, Office Depot and Target. None of them was busy. Target had the most people; Best Buy had empty shelves and no customers, and Office Depot had almost no customers. The Best Buy looked like it was about to go out of business. Targwt looked kike they didn't have enough people to keep the store blocked and straightened up. Most people were wearing masks.

[Skittles]

15. may I ask

was the chair assembled, the one you bought, or did you have to put it together

[ms liberty]

20. It was boxed and mr liberty put it together when we got home

It was fairly easy, and an allen wrench was included. I was surprised because it came with an actual booklet. I can't remember if they offered to put it together, I'll ask mr lib when he gets home.

[vsrazdem]

19. I work at home and have tried 4 different chairs in the last 4 years. All of them very

expensive. Even bought a Serta chair over almost $300 and still cant find a comfortable one. However, I remind myself I don't pay for gas, clothes to go into the office, and money on lunch, so I guess its a wash. Still wish I could find my dream chair though.

[eppur_se_muova]

21. I was expecting pictures of cats on keyboards.

Sorry you're feeling bummed out.

(Hey, that's a pun!)

[qwlauren35]

22. Got it.