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okayto · 1 day ago

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A fun thing you don't know until you have reason to be actually getting quotes is that furniture for public/high-use/corporate (or public-ish) spaces is heckin expensive

presumably because these things need to stand up to tons of use by people over and over and over, but like

I've spent the day researching and requesting quotes for rolling whiteboards and the prices I've seen from companies I'd probably trust are so far a minimum of $800 for a single whiteboard roughly the height of an average 8-year-old.

#my office chair—swiped from what used to be a setup for patrons in the main library area—is probably a $600 chair by itself #it doesn't look impressive or executive or anything (but I love it) (which is why I was looking to see what it would cost)#bought a $100 rolling whiteboard from Amazon once to tide us over because students use these things SO much #and it died in like. 2 weeks.#Normal furniture is not made to stand up to near-constant use all day after day after day #it's not just libraries; education and corporate places seem to be the same (since what I'm looking for is also advertised for them)#anyway the lesson here is please alumni give us money so we can afford stuff #Kayt.txt #tumblarians #working in a library #library life

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