Pete and Kelli’s social distance day 65
21st May 2020
Well two sunny days on the run is something to get used to, and to make a point I put on a pair of shorts. This was the first time my legs had seen the sun, and the reflection from them blinded folks sailing by on the lake. Kelli has advised me to only expose them one at a time, to let the neighbours get used to them.
We had a major job to complete today. The glass door cabinet had to be stripped back to the base finish and vigorously sanded to give a better key for the primer.
The first attempt failed totally when the paint finish came away in sheets. We were against the clock as we had a buyer already lined up.
It took a few hours, but we finally finished by mid afternoon.
I had news of redundancies at Herman Miller. It is always sad to hear of this happening to a company I gave much of my working life to.
Since retiring, I have become detached from the business, but there were many good people who were committed to keeping the ethos of the company going. I feel sad that they are being let down, and cast out into an uncertain world.
The Corvus-19 pandemic with have far reaching effects to the office furniture industry, not that things will happen quickly, but more people working from home there is a trend that will take it’s course.
HM had dabbled with furniture for the home market before, this was an adaptation of its office ranges, but this was out of scale, and not suitable for British homes. I had proposed some ideas that were sized more appropriately. As usual, these went down the toilet, but the prototype is at least being used in my son’s home.
Another Lifetime to go 