The Chair Man Cometh.....

September 7th, 2007

So for a VERY long time we have had left over antiques for chairs here at Integrum. We bought nice new couches, monitors, computers and other goodies along the way, but the chairs have always been downright awful. We made an attempt 18 or so months back to upgrade, but it was dismal and within weeks the chairs were deemed worse than the originals.
		The good news is this story has a happy ending because we got a knock from the secret agent man that a super special delivery of multiple pallets was dropped on the dock. Of course, Desmond was CERTAIN that his petition for MacBook Pros had worked and that everyone was getting a new macbook pro. So the team did a mad dash out the back door to see what got dropped.
Clearly the boxes were WAY too big for mere MacBooks. So naturally, the next thought was 40 inch dual plasma screens for every pairing station. Woot!!!!!!! Being an absolute sucker for plasma televisions and having grand plans for Insteon devices controlling the office I decided to tear into a box and pull out one of these wicked bad boys!
		Upon ripping the box open it was apparent that there was a chair inside. Wait. This isn't a chair. It's a flippin' Herman Miller Mirra!!!!! Not some knock off, but the real deal. My back started to burst out into praise on the spot.
After getting everything unpacked and carried up stairs we realized that these things have some SERIOUS options of operation. Irish was completely overwhelmed and so decided to break out the manual to see if there was an API to get this adjusted properly. In the past were were just glad to sit in a chair that didn't fall a part when you sat in it. Now all these options.
		By this time my fat butt was exhausted. Between the adrenaline rush, the running up the stairs and the twisting of every knob on this thing, I just needed to crash. I sat in the chair and nearly feel asleep immediately. So peaceful! I think everyone is thrilled to have a nice comfortable place to get their work done. This news was just too good to not share.