:( I had a rude awakening today thanks to FPH TL;DR at the bottom I used to have to get regular immunizations. Sometimes the wait time at the doctor's office was a little longer so I would read or do my homework.  I started sitting in a specific chair because it afforded me the space to spread out. I could put my backpack next to me on this chair for quickly packing up when I was called. In fact, it was more like a personal bench. I thought this chair was the cutest most convenient thing. I thought it was funny that it looked just like the other chairs except it had a disproportionately wide seat. There was only one that was this large in the room so I thought it was an accent piece for design considerations.  I really liked that chair :(.  Thanks to FPH, I noticed that this chair I used to sit in looked exactly the bariatric chairs posted here. It slowly dawned on me that I had been regularly touching a bariatric chair.  Oh my god. The mindfuck cannot be undone. I honestly feel like I just discovered the matrix. I'm  gagging at all the times my butt and belongings have touched a sweaty obese person's unwashed butt crack by proxy. I've had the displeasure of having to smell a fat classmate's butt cheese and thinking about how many fat people have sat in that chair (because they had to and not because they wanted to) is revolting.  Thank you for bringing me to the light. I know now to never, ever touch the "personal benches" in any waiting room.  TL;DR: I had a favorite "personal bench" at the doctor's office. Found out from FPH that it's actually a chair for the obese.