Everyone has problems, we’re just fighting different battles.
Someone on social media posted about how COFFEE TABLES are a “waste of space and money.” They argued, “They just collect junk and dust and get in the way of walking and cleaning.”
That inspired thousands of reactions. Here are the pro-coffee table points:
1. Coffee tables are vital for holding drinks, including, you know, coffee.
2. Coffee tables hold remotes, books, and decorative candles, you can’t lose a remote or a book if it’s on your coffee table.
3. Coffee tables can be helpful when guests are over. It can be hard to entertain without surfaces in a living room for drinks, snacks, or board games.
4. Coffee tables can serve as a dining table, for better or worse.
5. Coffee tables are not an ongoing expense, it’s mostly a one-time purchase that won’t drain your bank account, not a recurring cost like all the subscriptions tied to your TV. So why does it matter?
And here are the main reasons NOT to have coffee tables:
1. Coffee tables collect more than just dust, they’re constantly getting covered in junk and trash that SOMEONE in the house doesn’t put away.
2. Coffee tables can be inefficient in a small room, if you’re in a small apartment or tight space, it’s better to use side tables and end tables to free up the middle of the room, especially if you have smaller kids or video gamers.
3. Coffee tables make it awkward to move around. They have to be close enough to sit your drink down, but that means inviting someone to sit down means they are shuffling through, like getting to a window seat on a plane.
4. Coffee tables are a place to put your feet up, but they shouldn’t be.
5. Coffee tables can stub your toes, heavy, bulky coffee tables aren’t just difficult to move to clean, they also seem like magnets for banging your toes and shins as you enter or leave the room.
