[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: This desk doesn't look comfortable

[Dina Lerret]

On 9/8/05, Tammy Rizzo <ms-tamany at rcn.com> wrote:

> just look at the glass in the desktop and see the image reflected from the monitor, as if you
> were reading a book on the table..  It's supposed to help with neck strain, eye strain, and
> attendant headaches, since you're not craning your neck upwards all the time, or looking
> upwards, either.

Uh, I must be in the minority because I'm never looking up at a
monitor.  In fact, I'm currently slouching and I'm eye level with this
monitor.  The monitor on my righthand side is boosted up on a few
phonebooks and it's a couple inches lower than this one.  While my Mac
at work is more like... at nose level, unless I'm slouching again. {g}
 My chairs aren't high at all either since I've had folk complain
about how I might as well be 'sitting on the floor'.

What I find uncomfortable is how it looks like you're leaning over to
read, which bothers my lower back.  I never found that a comfortable
reading position or the fact my eyelids would be drooping, thus,
encouraging me to doze off. {g}  Oh, wait, it'd be perfect for work! 
I used to doze off frequently and the only way you could tell I was
snoozing was from the random pen marks all over the paper in front of
me because I kept a pen in my hand.  Co-worker used to poke fun at
those pen marks. {chuckle}


> Of course, if you're like most people, you NEED the monitor up on top of the desk, to keep you
> from piling papers and stuff on the face of it, so you can SEE.  ;-)

LOL!  I think the amount of sticky notes attached to the monitor
defeats the purpose of 'seeing'.

Dina