Momentarily under the radar...

[klsiegel320]

...and posting from my desk, while I wait (im)patiently for folk to return from meetings and unlock model parts so I can start doing the next phase of the documentation. Argh!

Surprised as all get-out that this works, considering that one cannot use web-based mail here; not sure what will happen when I try to post, so this will be a short "hello, world" and confirmation that I am safely arrived in Jacksonville. I've achieved a neatly arranged side table and coffee table; the rest is...in progress.

I continue to be surprised by the lack of intelligence among designers and furnishers of corporate apartments. Creating a kitchen with many deep overhanging cabinets and no under-cabinet light sources...providing one and only one switched outlet in the living room...providing only one end table and lamp in the living room, and only one nightstand and lamp in the bedroom...selecting a bed too big for the room (at least as arranged) so that one has difficulty opening and accessing the dresser drawers...providing no overhead light in the living room...providing minimal closet space...and I could go on...all these things make me question the sanity of the people who put this place together.

I have to say, I liked the arrangements in Atlanta much better; it had it's inconveniences, but in general I think it was a better-designed place. Then again, I like Atlanta better than Florida anyway. The other thing is, they're definitely enforcing ride-sharing here, and the person I'm carpooling with is a smoker. Fortunately he doesn't smoke in the car - but getting into the car, I could definitely smell the smoke just clinging around him. Sigh...gonna be a fun couple of months...

Comments

[readinginbed.livejournal.com]

It's possible that the techies have simply blocked certain sites (Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.) to keep folks out of their email rather than blocking certain functions such as submitting a web-based form. . . .

Re: design of corporate apartments -- I wonder if the preponderance of people who live in them are still men, who probably could care less? And the designers perhaps assume that most times there is only one person living in the apartment, hence the one nightstand and one end table? Who knows. At least it's not a hotel room! :-)

[klsiegel.livejournal.com]

It is possible. It seems rather ridiculous; if you're spending time typing an LJ entry, you're not getting your job done any more than you would be typing e-mail or reading it. On the other hand, who cares so long as it works.

You probably have something there re: the design of corporate apartments. Most of the men I know would not take one look at the woefully inadequate lighting in the living room and groan at the thought of how that was going to impact their needlework. And I know at least one of my colleagues thinks I'm nuts for "nesting" the way I do on the road. On the other hand, he has his gym regimen which he absolutely has to do every morning, and therefore he absolutely has to have the car every morning, except that he absolutely has to have the keys every night to ensure that he will have the car every morning...my opinion is, that's his form of my nesting: that familiar routine that keeps him sane.

Re: the assumption that only one person requires only one end table: that theory works until the moment you invite people over for drinks. Or have your husband staying overnight with you for a few nights. And the previous corporate apartment group seemed to have it figured out. Not to mention which, it simply looks awkwardly unbalanced the way they've set it up. Again - a thing most men could care less about, but which I find very unsettling.

And damn straight it's not a hotel room. It is, most particularly, not a hotel room with a mouse. Although there is the oddest gap in the cabinetry (built that way, not chewed) that makes an ideal hidey-hole for vermin. No vermin so far; and I devoutly hope it stays that way; but it does seem poorly designed and poorly constructed.

Sigh...it's not for long (we live in hope). Take care!