Kari is about 5'-5". She has a co-worker who is about 6'-3". They are both rather ectomorphic, although that's not necessarily pertinent to this story. So here's the story:

An ergonomics expert hired by Kari's employer visited her office last week for an inspection. The expert noted that Kari and her co-worker, despite having a 10-inch height differential, had exactly the same computer set-up: the decidedly un-ergonomic placement of monitor and keyboard both at desktop level and rickety old office chairs with limited adjustability and/or zero lumbar support. Kari was not in the office that day, so the ergonomics guy didn't make any adjustments to her workspace, but her tall friend got a new keyboard drawer installed and had a replacement chair ordered.

When Kari returned to work the next day, she noted that her co-worker's desk had been raised off the ground by at least six or eight inches, each desk leg perched on a stack of textbooks. Turns out that the post-install working posture of her friend had been negatively impacted. He had had to pull his chair back and spread his legs to accommodate the new keyboard position. Plus, the monitor, which also housed the keyboard's communication port, had to be pushed toward the back of the desk so that the keyboard's cable could maintain contact. In order to read anything, he had to lean forward in his chair in a manner resembling that of a preying mantis. The solution, of course, was to return keyboard and monitor to their original positions on top of the desk and to raise the desk itself to allow for adequate knee-clearance of the keyboard drawer.

Despite the promise of a new chair, Kari has decided to pass on the ergonomic technical support.