Plastic Chair Teardown

Teardown

Teardown

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This is what happens when a plastic chair's weight limit is exceeded.

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  • I should have learned the first time that it's not a good idea to sit on these plastic chairs.

  • The first one cracked on top of the back rest after I sat on it for a while.

  • After the fracture, I was forbidden to sit on the cracked chair, but not on others of its kind. So I sat on a different one just like it.

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  • The second chair was not as lucky.

  • It gave no forewarning of its imminent collapse. It just shattered into pieces as I was sitting on it.

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  • Three distinct sections resulted from the fracture:

    • Top half of the chair, where one would normally rest their back.

    • Bottom half of the chair, where one would normally rest their buttocks.

    • Back legs of the chair, which came off without a fuss.

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  • Only the highest-quality plastic was used in the chair's construction, but that did not stop me from breaking it.

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  • Thankfully this wrought-iron railing prevented me from falling down four stories from the terrace.

  • My head absorbed all the impact from the fall, so everything turned out OK.

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