ergonomics

GreenTeaDisease
GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
edited April 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
my desk and chair are KILLING me. the desk is too high, the chair is too low. the chair cannot be raised any further (I think it's broken). I know a higher chair with footstool (because my feet don't touch) but I'm sort of afraid to ask for one. chairs are really expensive, and I don't want to be "that" person. But the past few weeks I've just been in pain in the back of my neck and shoulders, and just generally uncomfortable. what would you do?
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  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    about 15 years ago, I bought my mom a chair from an office store so she would not be more of a whiner than she already was! her boss was really awful and cheap.

    ergonomics are so important.
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  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    ask them for the new chair. it's completely reasonable to ask for things to do your job right, and being comfortable as you're sitting is part of it.

    anybody else there says anything, fuck them, they were too stupid to ask lol
  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    I always ask for new stuff...asked for a flat-top LCD monitor at work because the glare was bugging me (not killing me though :))....got a new monitor in a week....

    "a happy employee is a productive employee"....:)
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    my dad just told me that everyone who works at a desk has pain in their neck or whatever but you just have to take it as it is expected.
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    my dad just told me that everyone who works at a desk has pain in their neck or whatever but you just have to take it as it is expected.
    that's old school thinking. ask for the chair :)
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    Posture and arm angle, etc., are all important if you don't want to injure yourself. Don't just let it build up to the point you've hurt yourself!

    Get a different chair or bring a cushion or two to lift you up.
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  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    that's old school thinking. ask for the chair :)

    Well I found another one in the office to try out. it's a bit higher and less bouncy which is good, not sure how I feel about the seat angle.
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    Well I found another one in the office to try out. it's a bit higher and less bouncy which is good, not sure how I feel about the seat angle.
    nice! well try it out for a day or two, see how it feels. perhaps the seat angle could be adjusted somehow if that's the only thing wrong with it.

    people should always ask for whatever they need so they can do their job reasonably. if you end up getting sick and can't work, then the employer ends up losing out a lot more, not to mention the employee hurting!
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    nice! well try it out for a day or two, see how it feels. perhaps the seat angle could be adjusted somehow if that's the only thing wrong with it.

    people should always ask for whatever they need so they can do their job reasonably. if you end up getting sick and can't work, then the employer ends up losing out a lot more, not to mention the employee hurting!

    oh they won't lose any money if I get sick. I haven't made a cent for them in weeks.
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    oh they won't lose any money if I get sick. I haven't made a cent for them in weeks.
    no matter, one's health is more important than anything, so if this chair doesn't work out....get a new one! :)
  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    oh they won't lose any money if I get sick. I haven't made a cent for them in weeks.
    WHY did this line make me laugh like a freakin nut-job???


    hahahahaaa
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