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[Blippet] The Case of the Changed Chairs

I work in a small office with three other Googlers. That’s pretty typical around here; I don’t know of a single person that has their own office, though we’re always free to roam to a quieter place with our laptops and ubiquitous wireless access.

It’s also a delightfully multicultural office:
- One Croatian fellow.
- One Chinese guy.
- A Bulgarian guy.
- And me, the boring American.

We often will break up the day with little chats about cultural issues… food, linguistic confusion, traditions, etc. Today, though, our heads-down work was interrupted when P came in, sat down, and looked a bit concerned.

P: Something is wrong with my chair.
[silence]
P: Did someone change it? Something’s off.
Y: [taking notice] Hmm… my chair’s kind of funny today, too. Maybe someone took both our chairs?
P: It’s too low. This is strange. [pauses, looks out the door of the office, as if to catch the chair thief / chair transmogrifier]
Y: Mine’s kinda high. Doesn’t feel right.
Me: [finally paying attention] Um, guys. Maybe you just got each other’s chair?
[P looks at Y. Y looks at P. They swap chairs.]
[contented brief silence]
Y: Ah, mine’s the black one. That’s right!
P: Yeah, that’s better!
[shaking head]

- Blathered by Adam on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at 14:26 [ Permalink ]
- Filed under grab bag • wackiness
- Commented on by no one yet. Bummer. Please leave a comment below so this entry is less lonely.

Comment from Simon Heseltine VA [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	See what happens when they relax the hiring standards. - Posted on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at 17:36 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Zack Lincoln, NE [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	You could be the supportive co-worker type and label their chairs with a large note, taped on really good so it doesn’t fall off. - Posted on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at 13:56 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Adam San Francisco [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Heh, Simon! And Zack… either that, or just bungee-cord each chair to a leg on its corresponding desk. - Posted on Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 19:17 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Corvida [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	I’d go with the labels lol. That’s still pretty funny though. I just wanted to let you know that Mosoto no longer requires an invite. Just head over to Mosoto.com and as long as you have a facebook account you should be good to go. - Posted on Friday, May 4, 2007 at 11:46 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Mitzi the cat [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Similar things happen to Meg in her lab. People don’t usually mistakenly take her chair. It’s claimed by her sweatshirt and lots of my fur, even when she isn’t there. However, the goofy German (not to be confused with the cute German) and his daughter like to threaten Meg’s chair with practical jokes. They’ve already changed the height and angle a few times and are currently plotting to either shellac it or glue the casters in place. - Posted on Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 12:26 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from James Business for sale [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Pretty funny stuff. Through facebook you could proceed. - Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 2:02 [ Permalink to this comment ]

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