Step Right Up
The type of kitchen chair the Kitchen Chair Sitters Day specifically refers to is the one that has the built-in step ladder.
It's the kind that you might use to sit at the sink to wash the dishes, if you're tall enough and if there are a lot of dishes to do.
It's also the kind that you might perch on while your dad gives you a home-style buzz cut.
This chair is not the same as a dining room chair used for eating at a table.
You can lift and pull out the steps so that you can reach things on the kitchen counter or in the upper cabinets that you otherwise would have great difficulty getting to.
The most important thing to be able to reach is the cookie jar.
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