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7-15-2002 - 09:15
Like a Rat in a Maze The running joke at the University Medical Center is that in 2-3 million years, the light from the sun will burn out and they will have to finish all the construction in the dark. As you may know, I teach 'Intro to Psych' and 'Abnormal Psych' to nursing students at the University. Yesterday my cubicle at the nursing school was moved from the 4th floor of a charming older brick building to a state-of-the-art subterranean office complex. I liked the old office, it had character. We had trees outside the window and a view of the Kansas sky that went on for miles. However old buildings have their limitations, most of them electrical. My greedy office mates wanted to be able to plug in the coffee pot and the computer at the same time...and fax machines...don't even go there So welcome to Office 2002. Designed no doubt by BF Skinner to keep the rats happy and healthy. Swear, it looks and feels like a rat maze, except there's no cheese. There are no windows but we have this specialized lighting that moves across your cubical like natural sunlight, so we don't get seasonal affective disorder. We all got weighed and measured so our chairs would be ergonomically suited for our particular butt. The computer monitor is on some kind of robotic arm so it can be adjusted to my exact eye level. But my favorite feature is this flat paneled monitor thingy that projects pretty landscape images that keep changing. Mountains 1 minute, Grand Canyon or a beach in Figi later. It's mesmerizing, but it's just so wrong. I'm having Mikey come in a feng shui the place
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