A standing desk purchased eleven months ago has been raised on one occasion, in March, according to a review of household records.

“I use it constantly,” said owner Bea Threlfall, seated. “It’s more that the option is there.”

The desk cost seven hundred and forty dollars and offers four programmable height presets. Three are unassigned. The fourth is set to the height at which it arrived.

The Council for Ergonomic Intent classifies such purchases as monuments.

“A tool is used,” said Council researcher Dr. Anselm Roy. “A monument is looked at, and it reminds you of a version of yourself you were briefly serious about.”

The March raising lasted twenty-two minutes. Threlfall reports that she stood, felt excellent, answered four emails, and then discovered that standing while thinking is a different activity from standing while working.

“You can stand and read,” she said. “You cannot stand and decide.”

Council figures put the average standing desk at 2.3 raisings across its lifetime: most in the first fortnight, and one more when somebody visits.

Threlfall has scheduled a raising for Monday. It will be the second. She has not determined what she will do while up there.