There's absolutely no reason (economically) to make the design more ergonomic or better for the workers.
A well-designed workplace with workers who have some flexibility is usually cheaper to run, in the long run.
Book: Captain, you mind if I say grace? Mal: Only if you say it out loud.
'Serenity'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Feb 28, 2012 10:00:31 am PST #24203 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Gudanov - Feb 28, 2012 10:02:34 am PST #24204 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
in the long run.
I think you found the problem.
Ginger - Feb 28, 2012 10:06:35 am PST #24205 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I think you found the problem.
Yeah, the emphasis on quarterly results and managing stock prices so the rich get richer has played havoc with the long run.
tommyrot - Feb 28, 2012 10:08:13 am PST #24206 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Amy - Feb 28, 2012 10:09:25 am PST #24207 of 30001
Because books.
When American Experience did a film about it a couple of years ago, I couldn't figure out why other people didn't know the story at all, but I was so into it. ("Into it" in a horrified way, I mean.)
It's part of NYU's campus now, since 1926 or so, and there was stuff up everywhere about it. I feel like I knew about it before that, though.
Jesse - Feb 28, 2012 10:12:56 am PST #24208 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I definitely knew about it before I lived in NYC, so that's why I'm thinking it was the tv movie. I mean, not that I don't know random things from who knows where.
le nubian - Feb 28, 2012 10:21:50 am PST #24209 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'd be interested in seeing the movie now through adult eyes because I was traumatized as a kid. nightmares. all that.
le nubian - Feb 28, 2012 10:22:06 am PST #24210 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jesse - Feb 28, 2012 10:23:20 am PST #24211 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The American Experience one was pretty traumatic for me just recently, so.
Amy - Feb 28, 2012 10:28:27 am PST #24212 of 30001
Because books.
I'd really like to see the American Experience one.
I treated myself to a white chocolate mocha after lunch with a fellow writer (whoo! right here in town!), and I'm still yawning. Isn't there supposed to be espresso in there or something?