Should I ever fall on hard times, it's reassuring to know: There's a straight-back chair waiting for me.

WSJ: One Night in the HELP Women's Shelter

Gerardo Montemarano, who was already waiting to vote when the polls opened, brought a chair with him.

BBC: Venezuela election: Chavez and Capriles contest poll

The glistening arc of water overruns the waiting cup, misses its mark, splashes over table and chair-the pitcher slipping from defeated fingers, striking the stone floor, shattering into jagged shards.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Woodsburner'

While waiting for their vitamins, customers at this GNC store can relax in a massage chair, read magazines, concoct their own aromatherapy lotions or mix up personalized potpourri packages.

FORBES: Good service sells

If I were a designer of any repute or had a spec of design skill, I would make an illustration that depicted a brand sitting in a chair in a bedroom reading a story to a consumer, who lied anxiously under the covers waiting to be regaled about stories of adventure, escapades and perhaps a coupon or two.

FORBES: Dear Brands, Tell Us A Story - Love Consumers