Thursday 11 June 2009

Design/Pitch/Build/Test/Approve/Sell

These seem like the process's you have to go through to get something onto the market right?
More or less.
We bought a sofabed. We did this because we have guests and gave them our bed. It should be called a sofafuckinguncomfortablepileofcunts.
As a lay awake last night I could not fathom how this thing ever got past the test stage.
Actually, even the design stage.
It has a mattress that is split into four parts and held together with zips. I'm no rocket scientist, but that sounds like a bad idea right off the get go. The four parts are different sizes too, so if you are asleep on the right side your two cushions are only 20cm wide.
I ended up sleeping/steadily getting angry on it like a drunk cowboy on the back of a horse. You know face down, legs and arms splayed over each side.
My mistake was when we bought it, I trusted that even though the design looked a bit silly that with all the testing that must have been done before production, it would surely be as comfy as a normal bed.
It certainly makes a nice sofa, and it was one of the more expensive ones (again a reason to think it would work) but for fuck sake. Who designed it and who approved it as a bed?
I think everyone involved must think that sleeping on a plane in economy class is comfy, because that's what it reminded me of.
Still. Only three more weeks. Ugh.

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