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Okay buddy.
Furniture meant to move is built stronger, some stuff still needs to be moved though, and there’s a right and wrong way to go about it.
Imagine putting words in another person's mouth over using one part versus another that costs about the same. Sure, you and I can pick-up whatever. Can your housekeeper?
When a grandmother breaks her hip because she slid a chair a few inches to clean around it and one of these adjustable feet breaks, unexpectedly tipping the chair, your solution is what? Yell at her for not being more careful?
Funny story, furniture is built and sold for the use of everyone, but some of what's out there isn't even suitable for a doll-house. Just because is not Arsenic Tea doesn't mean it belongs on shelves or needs exempted from minimum standards in the interests of saving a few pennies.
If someone needs a chair that can slide around, than they shouldn’t be buying the cheapest thing and one not designed to be lmfao. What kind of asinine logic is that?
And are you seriously suggesting to put casters on a chair…? The one thing an old lady probably doesn’t want randomly moving on them? That’s your solution? You aren’t all there are you?
I’ve never seen a housekeeper move furniture to clean, in fact, they’re usually prevented from doing. They can’t/wont since as you’ve so ignorantly keep saying, there is a good chance they break easy, they don’t want that liability. And as you said, they’re usually small, so they CANT move stuff, or they’ll hurt themselevs. The only time that happens is when you shampoo the carpets, and you need to do that since they don’t. Cleaners don’t move furniture to clean, full stop. You are full of shit.
You are now fabricating completely false scenarios to justify doing absolutely stupid stuff, instead of just buying stuff meant for the purpose?
Do you just make shit up to hear yourself talk or something?
You can’t just clap casters on something that wasn’t designed for it and call it a day, fuck, people like you give real tradesman bad names. You’re a hack if you actually build furniture, but you other comment says you’re a mover, so yeah, that explains basically everything about your comments and attitude here.
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Than why does furniture have a max weight…? Cabinets are too tall for little people as well. Every piece of furniture has a purpose and a specific use/case. Not everything is for everyone, where the hell did you get this asinine idea from?
And the fact that it needs to be modified to do something it wast meant for isn’t another clue…?