The chair

Several writers from the paper, including Rock, were at the Pine Bluff Convention Center to cover a basketball tournament. Their work station was among a long row of tables in a hallway that ran through the conjoining hotel. There was commotion all around as Rock and the other reporters attempted to write. Hotel employees and guests were constantly walking past, apparently oblivious to them.
Rock's dissatisfaction increased when he noticed that the seat of his chair was beginning to disintegrate. Within a minute, the entire chair was in shambles. It looked as if someone had smashed it to bits with sledge hammer or thrown it into heavy traffic. Rock feared the hotel would charge him for it.