Unclear on the whole ‘ergonomics’ concept

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Pilot fish is going through his morning run of help-desk tickets when he comes across one that says a dual-monitor setup has stopped working.

"Upon talking to Barney, who submitted the ticket, I learned that he -- who is about five feet tall -- was trying to raise the monitors for a newer employee, Fred, who's over six feet tall. Fred was supposedly having back and neck pain due to the monitors being a little lower, but wouldn't do anything about it himself.

"As Barney struggled to raise one monitor, the monitor became unplugged -- and then the port was blocked because of our policy. That left Fred without a monitor until my boss could get in unblocked after he came in later in the day.

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