Comments on: Sensing Old Factories

By: 2fs

2fs — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:04:18 +0000

At least they tell you what you need to do to not get your stuff thrown out. At Rose’s office, they just toss things at random, seemingly. They have the odd idea that anything in its original container will last forever, but anything not so packaged will rot instantly. So: six-month-old yogurt in its package: okay. Two-day-old beef jerky in a sealed, Tupperware container: OMG it will ROT – toss it!

By: still under deep cover

still under deep cover — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:51:11 +0000

“The men’s restroom has an automatic air freshener/odor neutralizer dispenser mounted high up on the wall. Every once in awhile, it emits an audible sound and a sweet puff of scented air”

OMG that’s what the pfft! machines are supposed to do. Thank you.

By: InfK

InfK — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:55:46 +0000

In my experience those ersatz-air-fresheners are actually time capsules, preserving their contents enshrouded in a layer of dust for generations to come. I don’t recall ever coming across one in an office that was less than 75 years old – I took a look inside one and the battery actually had a picture of Thomas Edison on it!

(thanks, I’m here all week, try the Citrus Meadow)

By: dgstan

dgstan — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:52:33 +0000

Is that what that little ‘beep’ I hear every so often is? I thought it was a not-so-subtle reminder that you’ve been in the bathroom too long (something I sure wouldn’t put past the taskmasters here at Sweatshop.com).

By: Bill the Galactic Hero

Bill the Galactic Hero — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:54:56 +0000

You clever wordsmith you, it took me a moment to decode “Old Factories”.

At my last employer (The Q Continuum) we also had those scent misting devices. They certainly aren’t automatic, consisting of not much more than a phial of concentrated scent and a little fan. Their mission is simply to be the winning smell, but considering the alternative…

My first though on expiration dates was to just label everything far in the future. In fact, I could just print a sheet of labels “Bill tGH 1 Jan 2012″. In the case of a Twinkie, it might even be a lowball estimate.