My Ass, The Barometer.

After a recent dinner with some friends, once the bill was paid, I insisted that we leave expeditiously. The reason wasn't gastrointestinal, it's wasn't atmospheric, and it certainly wasn't a dine and dash. No, my problem was that my ass was numb from sitting in that chair.

We were only at the restaurant for about an hour, but I was ready to go. My friends commented that they too were feeling it in their posterior. Since then, I have taken notice when I go to a restaurant whether the speed of food delivery to the table is proportional to the comfort of the chairs. And...it is.

I spend the greater part of the day in my Aeron Chair, which I love. At the end of 4 hours in the morning, my hour break, and 4-6 hours in the afternoon, I'm never sore or in need of a stretch.

If restaurants had Aeron Chairs as their dining room seating, I think that the table turnover would be much less. It would be bad for business. But if you make the chairs just comfortable enough at the beginning of the meal, but over time they seem hard, rigid or hit your back in the wrong way, turnover is inevitable...good for business.

This might be testable and quantifiable which means that all chairs, and by extension restaurants could be rated temporally in addition to the usual rating criteria.

Maybe that's a website idea? Maybe not.

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