As seen on TV

[McMouse]

I have seen a number of programmes where civil servants and members of quangos are shown attending meetings and sitting in Herman Miller chairs that row in at £700-800 each. Do you think this is an acceptable use of tax-payers money?

[Barmaid]

Which one? TV programmes, civil servants, members of quangos, meetings or chairs?!!!!!!

[McMouse]

sorry barmaid, poorly phrased question. My question is about ultra expensive office chairs.

[WELSHYORKIE]

NO!!!!!

[Barmaid]

lol McMouse, it wasn't poorly phrased at all. I was just being sarcastic because my answer to all of the above is "no"!!!!

My FH used to work in local government, the way they wasted tax payer's money was absolutely appalling.

[McMouse]

Couldn't agree more barmaid. We have one of these chairs at home which Mrs McM uses in her office.......it was her reward to herself following 6 months of intensive work on a project. She was speechless when she noticed about 30 of the chairs in a room where a load of GLC officials were discussing budgets!!!!

[Zeuhl]

The floor below ours is rented by a dept of the Primary Care Trust with about 100 staff.

When it was refitted last year to a very high standard all the new, expensive chairs were the same shade of red.

When two of the new chairs were found to be blue they were put into a skip around the back! I understand they cost over £300 each. Needless to say they disappeared from the skip quite quickly.
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[Prudie]

Well I'm a civil servant and at my place all grades have to pick bargain basement chairs from the Viking caatalogue. I've never heard of Herman Miller

[McMouse]

prudie.......HM is high end office furniture.

[trt]

How much is a Herman Miller chair?

[Prudie]

Oh well me and my lot aren't high end!!

[McMouse]

trt.......ca £800