Business Owners Throw Out Chairs to Prevent Employees From Sitting Down

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Jun 5, 2023 4:00 PM EDT

I'm the first to admit I have a cushy office job. I sit practically all day from 10-6, and by definition, I'm probably leading a sedentary lifestyle. I'm lucky to live in New York City, so I get a good amount of walking in every day, but I am not the pillar of active living by any means. 

If you work a job where you have to be on your feet for hours on end, you probably wish you were in my shoes. Sitting all day might be harmful to your health long-term, but running around all day doing silly little tasks for a company hurts your body immediately. When you get home from work, all you want to do is lay down because you weren't allowed to sit for eight hours. One job took this a step further and threw out chairs to prevent employees from sitting on the job. 

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    Font - r/antiwork u/m_zayd 21h. i.redd.it Owners throw out all the chairs in store because they don't want employees to sit down
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    Handwriting - Not for ប៉ុណុប បងទៅទៅ use.
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    Font - Walked into work today to find chairs missing. The chairs up front for customers are still available but all chairs used by employees during downtime and breaktime have been removed. There's still one chair available in the back of the store but it's for the owner and has this sign attached. Apparently, this is being done to "increase productivity." less
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    Font - Mad-_-Doctor • 19h There was a minor scandal at my last job because the morning shift thought someone on the evening shift was sitting down while working. I told them it wasn't my people, but made the mistake of asking why it was a big deal. They proceeded to chew me out for letting people "sit when they should be working," despite the fact that there were jobs that could be done sitting down. It turns out that the employees using the chairs were the night shift, who are coincidentally ma
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    Font - downwardspiralstairs. 18h "I've been noticing butt prints in the seats in the mornings and it's very concerning that someone might be sitting down." ... 42.1k 2.1k
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    Font - Mad-_-Doctor - 17h Actually, what tipped them off is that someone had taken a chair out of the supervisors' office and left it by where our clerks worked on the floor. They were probably more annoyed by the fact that they had to go find the chair, but they got under my skin with the "us vs. them" attitude management tends to take. ... 1.1k
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    Font - William Howard_Shaft. 16h "us vs. them" attitutude This is why I tell people to unionize. Management at any major company is like this. If management wants to have an "us vs them" attitude, treat it that way, and seek representation. ... 4814
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    Eye - GirldickVanDyke • 19h Time to decrease productivity Reply 2.8k
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    Rectangle - BoozeWitch - 18h Operation Snail. ... 4828
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    Font - _withamore. 18h Employers who expect their staff to stand during an entire shift deserve exactly zero employees. Reply 1.7k
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    Font - Eldrid Einherjar • 20h Depending on your state, this might be illegal Reply 1.8k ...
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    Human body - Rylee 1984 18h They better hope they don't have someone with a disability that needs to be able to sit and rest. 787 ...
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    Human body - readzalot1. 17h It is not just disabled people who need to sit. It is a human thing to do 600
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    Font - As-amatterof-fact. 20h Take your lunch break in the car. Use store boxes to sit on, outside of cameras view and when no one is watching. Make sure to sit down more than you'd otherwise do if they would provide a chair and treat you like a human being, with respect, empathy and compassion. ... Reply 861
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    Font - kungpowgoat . 18h I've never understood the stigma in the US in regards to employees being able to sit while they work. As a customer or even as a manager, I absolutely do not care if you sit down as long as you can still do your job. I want you to be comfortable, relaxed, and with as little stress as possible. Who exactly are those people that are actually bothered by this enough to complain? 475
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    Handwriting - sweetybancha • 19h ● Am I missing something? Why would productivity need to be increased on employee breaks? Reply 536
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    Rectangle - ThunkAsDrinklePeep. 18h Because fuck employees for thinking they're people. ... 416
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    Rectangle - 19h I'll bet the owners have nice comfy office chairs that they sit in all day. flapjacczacc Reply 180
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