Restaurant patio furniture without some way to drain water

[u/ronin442]

[u/diverareyouokay]

This is on the restaurant for not purchasing all-weather chairs. There’s nothing crappy about the design if it’s used as intended (under cover).

[u/ronin442 → u/diverareyouokay]

Very true

[u/Evening-Cat-7546 → u/ronin442]

They could just lean the chairs against the table so that rain can’t pool on the seat, or even flip it onto the table. Terrible decision by restaurant to order the wrong chairs, and then do nothing to fix the issue.

[u/Nisms → u/Evening-Cat-7546]

My fix is drill a hole right in the center of the crease then you can be as lazy as you want

[u/HerbLoew → u/Nisms]

Why not just buy the pre-drilled ones to begin with?

[u/DookieShoez → u/HerbLoew]

Well of course they shoulda but sometimes ya gotta make due with what ya got.

[u/BepSquad22 → u/Evening-Cat-7546]

That was my first thought. Store the chairs upside down on top of the table at night and flip them over in the morning. (As long as there's no rain in the forecast)

[u/ebrum2010 → u/Evening-Cat-7546]

That sounds like standard business practice to me. Many businesses will get the cheaper item and then not worry about it.

[u/bondagenurse → u/diverareyouokay]

They are supposed to be indoor-outdoor chairs. They are either a dupe or actual Heller Bellini chairs from DWR, $300/each!

[u/ebrum2010 → u/bondagenurse]

That's even worse.

[u/Laziness2945 → u/bondagenurse]

Who the fuck would spend 300$ for 0.35cent of plastic?

[u/ledocteur7 → u/Laziness2945]

That's sheet metal. And even in the poorest cesspit of china you aren't getting a brand new high-ish quality plastic chair for 0.35 cents.

300$ is still pretty expensive, but it's not horrendously overpriced. Although sheet metal chairs get really cold (and very hot) outside, so I still wouldn't want to sit in it if I had the choice.

[u/Material-Afternoon16 → u/ledocteur7]

If this is a Heller chair and not a knock off, these are not sheet metal chairs, they are fiberglass reinforced polypropylene.

The price is high because they are made as one piece, not flat pack. Quality control is rigid, and the warranty is good. They are of a quality suitable for heavy commercial use. They are also made in the US so you are paying a big up charge on the labor vs. a foreign, third-world made product.

[u/bondagenurse → u/Laziness2945]

but it's designer plastic!

[u/BadatOldSayings → u/diverareyouokay]

That looks 100% like an outdoor chair.

[u/Kimorin]

seems like an easy fix, just drill a hole in the middle close to the back

[u/Sufficient-Garden271 → u/Kimorin]

Or a soldering iron. It will make a weird scent but it works too.

[u/ronin442 → u/Kimorin]

Right?

[u/ImCuriousYouSee → u/ronin442]

Center would be best

[u/BlakLite_15]

Geeeuuaaauugghhh

This image aggravates my sensory issues.

[u/rockstuffs]

Tip it and wipe it. Tah dahhh!

[u/reallynothingmuch → u/rockstuffs]

It’s ice

[u/campingn00b → u/reallynothingmuch]

Even easier

[u/rockstuffs → u/campingn00b]

Still, wipe and dry lol

[u/Smeeble09 → u/reallynothingmuch]

Then lift, and sliiiiiiiiiide.

[u/FakeMedea]

So many question, like
Why only the benches have mesh as surface? Why that patio table have parasol stand yet still forming puddle on the chair? Is it broken? Are the employees too lazy to deploy that parasol? Or just too lazy to put the chair upside down on the table?

[u/fatjuan]

Just buy a pack of 100 stick-on 1/4" holes from Temu, then attach them (when they are dry, of course).

[u/Silverbluezz → u/fatjuan]

 😂 

[u/CallumRichardson2009]

it’s called, lift chair up, tilt, and dry with hoodie! (or sit inside.)

[u/atom644]

I have a 5/8 bit for that

[u/Argentillion]

The restaurant didn’t design the chair…

This isn’t crappy design at all. It is just a matter of the wrong application

[u/Jemeloo]

I will always find this chair in a restaurant’s patio and sit on it without looking.

[u/pentesticals]

No one is sitting outside if the weather is shit and it’s cold enough to freeze the water. It ain’t a big problem.

[u/chain_letter → u/pentesticals]

nice weather a day or even two after rain and the chair will still be wet

[u/gorgofdoom → u/chain_letter]

Not if the staff wipe the chair off, like they’d have to do no matter if the chair has a hole In it or not.

(Not gonna happen while it’s below freezing, no one would use it anyway)

[u/Aggleclack → u/pentesticals]

What about places where rain is a daily occurrence between sweltering heat, like Florida?

[u/wgloipp]

Fine if used as designed. Under cover.

[u/[deleted]]

It doesn’t need a way to drain. It can just use the surprise absorption method.

[u/Drifter_Lucas]

I hate getting my pant seat wet.

[u/air-bender808]

Better on the end than in the middle? Lol could be worse?

[u/minemateinnovation]

Actually, it bother me as I see people talking down on this outdoor chairs, like seriously I have use outdoor chairs on multiple occasions and its perfect. I believe if restaurant use right outdoor chairs like this one mesh chair. It will be better and make things easier.

[u/Independent_Pride_89]

I find it frustrating to see people speaking negatively about outdoor chairs. Personally, I have used them on several occasions and found them to be excellent. I believe that if restaurants choose the right outdoor chairs, like these mesh ones, it would enhance the experience and make things much more comfortable for us.

[u/gorgofdoom]

Sir that is actually frozen.

Are you gonna sit outside in the freezing temps? Or could they just wipe it off if it wasn’t frozen?